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[quote user="henry6"] But often Amtrak pays for the improvement or their payment, in part, pays for mainaining the improvement with the eye to the idea that the railroad's freight operations are gaining a benefit from that improvement.  Each contract with each railroad is different. [/quote] Without detailed cost information it is impossible to conclude whether the hoist railroad is benefiting from any  improvements financed in part by Amtrak. It depends on how much it put into the upgrade and how much Amtrak put into it. To say that Amtrak contributes to the improvement of a freight railroad facilities is a stretch. Amtrak does not have any money to invest in any capital project. It gets it capital investment funds from the taxpayers.  More than 20 years ago, if I remember correctly, Amtrak partnered with the MKT to improve the Temple to Taylor line for the Texas Eagle, which may have been the Inter American at the time. Amtrak is the primary beneficiary.  Freight operators that use the NEC benefit from the investments Amtrak made to improve it. If Amtrak is pricing its rentals correctly, which is questionable, it should be recovering the proportional investment used by the freight operators.
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