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"By statute, access fees that Amtrak pays to operate over the freight railroads’ tracks are only required to cover the “incremental” costs associated with Amtrak’s operations — that is, the additional costs that arise solely because of Amtrak’s presence.  Amtrak is not required to contribute to the freight railroads’ fixed costs or to the shared costs for which Amtrak operations have a responsibility.  Consequently, Amtrak’s “track rental fee” is low and is, for all intents and purposes, an indirect subsidy paid by freight railroads to Amtrak.  This means that the current structure by which Amtrak “rents” freight tracks should not necessarily serve as a guidepost for the future." This little tidbit was included in the testimony of Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, to the U.S. Congressional Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 27, 2013.   I have not seen any reference to below market rents in any of Amtrak's public reports for the space that it occupies on the freight railroads that hoist its trains. Public corporations (businesses) should disclose fully the terms and conditions of their interactions with all their customers.  Amtrak should not get a pass because it is a quasi-government agency.
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