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I think Amtrak is in a kind of Catch-22 where it doesn't have nearly enough riders to offer convenient service or operate on dedicated track outside of a few selected areas. Ridership on the Builder for example is pretty good, but it isn't nearly enough to justify more than 1 train per day and that's not enough to attract enough of the corridor riders Mark mentioned, who also care about when they travel. Someone else mentioned the scheduling of the Chcago to New York train, but in the glory days there were many Chicago to New York trains leaving at different times on different railroads, so whether you were a connecting passeenger or wanted to get to New York the next morning, there were enough options available. Airlines and light-rail operate the same way(at least they used to). The proposition gets even worse for dedicated high speed rail, you can't justify building such a line to run 4 or 5 trains a day on it. Consider how many people per hour such a line will move, then do the same with the right of way used instead as an Interstate highway. I wouldn't be surprised if even the NEC is an inefficient use of expensive real-estate.
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