Last I checked Amtrak came into existence to take a money losing business off the hands of the RR's. The least a company like CSX can do is provide reasonable service, especially given all the taxpayer funds that go towards improved clearances and what not. Perhaps if they were not such a bad actor down south no one would worry about their purchase of PAR. It's entirely reasonable for Amtrak to seek out some protections here.
Amtrak likely paid more to PAR than they would have had the Downeaster been running on a road with a predecessor who joined Amtrak.
The debts absorbed for CSX and the other Class 1's have long since been repaid via cut rate access for Amtrak. It's long overdue for the terms of the deal to be renegotiated reflect that. Perhaps the recent SCOTUS ruling on the eviction moratorium should be argued as a precedent...
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