ATA, AAR Chiefs Square Off

November 10, 1999 10:14 AM, EST

American Trucking Associations President Walter B. McCormick Jr. showed that he could throw verbal jabs just as well as he could take them during a panel discussion on railroad and trucking productivity.

His opponent and the issue have been encountered before: Association of American Railroads President Edward R. Hamberger and the rail industry’s opposition to bigger, heavier trucks.

The latest debate between the two industries occurred during an Oct. 28 event sponsored by Railway Progress Institute, which represents rail suppliers, at a hotel in Washington, D.C. Part of the gathering featured a black-tie dinner in which members of the organization honored customers.

What provoked the most recent war of words was trucking and railroad defending their turf in the ongoing dispute over increasing the productivity of big rigs.

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