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Northwestern University Transportation Center's Hagestad Sandhouse Rail Group invites you to attend a special, annual holiday lunch presentation at Maggiano's Little Italy, Chicago…

Railroads in the eye of TWO storms

Anthony B. Hatch

Senior Transportation Analyst & Financial Consultant

ABH Consulting 

Preceded by a brief sneak preview of Geoffrey Baer’s new show about Chicago railroads debuting on WTTW (PBS) and wttw.com in April 2026.

Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer

Geoffrey Baer

Writer, Producer, Host

WTTW

Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 11:30am CT
Maggiano's Little Italy, Chicago - 111 W. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL
 

AGENDA

11:30 AM  -  Check In, Networking, Cash Bar
12:00 PM  -  Family Style Luncheon 
12:30 PM  -  Presentation by Mr. Hatch, with show preview by Geoffrey Baer

Registration required in advance by Tuesday, December 9:

$60, Online credit card payment (in advance, recommended)
$65, Check payment – please email Andrea Cehaic, andrea.cehaic@northwestern.edu
 

Anthony B. Hatch

Tony Hatch has been a senior transportation analyst on Wall Street for over twenty years, starting at Salomon brothers; proceeding to Argus, Painewebber, and most recently at NatWest Markets (USA) prior to starting his independent analyst/consultancy in 1999 and working with CV Brokerage. Mr. Hatch’s coverage has been focused on the freight transportation segment, particularly surface transportation. Mr. Hatch is known for his knowledge of the intermodal area, where the various modes of freight transport converge, on which he has held several dozen specialized conferences. 

Geoffrey Baer

Geoffrey Baer is a ten-time Emmy-winning Public Television writer, producer, and program host. He has been a fixture on Chicago’s PBS station WTTW for 30 years, best known as the host and writer of WTTW’s popular specials about the architecture and history of Chicago and its suburban areas.  His work includes more than 25 feature-length “television tours” including Chicago by ‘L’, The Chicago River Tour, and Chicago on Vacation.  Geoffrey hosted the WTTW series The Great Chicago Quiz Show and appeared for years on WTTW’s flagship nightly public affairs program Chicago Tonight answering viewers’ questions about Chicago architecture and history in a segment called “Ask Geoffrey.” Nationally he hosted the PBS primetime series 10 that Changed America about the built environment across the country. He also hosted and co-wrote the PBS primetime special Weekend in Havana. He holds a B.A. in Radio/TV/Film from Miami University, Ohio, and a M.A. in Theatre from Northwestern University.

Archived Presentations

Here

Please consider a year-end donation to the Sandhouse Hagestad Memorial Fund 

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Or send to:

Northwestern University Transportation Center

600 Foster Street, Third Floor

Evanston, IL 60208