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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr. Toy: [QB] Robert, I don't know offhand what Amtrak is paying the host railroads, but as Mr. Norman said it is supposed to be the incremental cost of adding the Amtrak train to the system as opposed to an equal portion of the total costs of running every train in the system. These are negotiated with each railroad individually. But I might add that Amtrak also pays additional money in the form of incentives when trains run on time. If every Amtrak train ran on time, the incentives would be roughly equal to the basic access payment. In other words, if every Amtrak train ran on time, the host railroads would earn twice the basic access rate. I believe Amtrak also collects penalties for late trains. BNSF is the only host railroad that considers the incentives worth pursuing. David Gunn once said that BNSF considers Amtrak to be a "profit center" and not a burden. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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