ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY'S JOHNSTON YARD SUPERFUND SITE
MEMPHIS, TN
Superfund Site Profile
Site Contacts
Community Involvement Coordinator
Marjorie Thomas
[email protected]
(404) 562-9151
Remedial Project Manager
Randy Bryant
[email protected]
(404) 562-8794
Site Location
Street Address:2921 HORN LAKE ROAD
MEMPHIS, TN 38109
Background
The 288-acre Illinois Central Railroad Company’s Johnston Yard Superfund Alternative Approach Site is in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. The site includes an active rail yard, a locomotive fueling and servicing center and a freight car repair facility. Industrial and commercial businesses border the site to the north, east and west. Residential neighborhoods, which include low-income and minority residents, border the site to the south.
Since 1910, an active rail yard since has operated at the site. An intermodal facility transferring freight from trains to trucks operated on site until 2006. Canadian National purchased the Illinois Central Railroad in 1998 and ...
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