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Exit interview: CEO Hamberger reflects on his 20-year run at AAR

Longest-tenured leader of freight rail group says command of the issues is keyHambergerPhoto: James Cullum It's the end of the line for Ed Hamberger, the CEO of the Association of American Railroads. It's nearly 2 p.m. on a recent Tuesday, and Hamberger expectantly looks down from his 10th-floor office window at the CSX rail lines running in, out and around the dark tunnels of Union Station. "Hey, it's the grape juice train," he says cheerfully as a chain of freight cars bearing the name Tropicana snake through a complicated series of tracks. "The location is why we chose to move here 10 years ago. … When people walk in, I want them to know that this is the Association of… Read More