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[quote user="Dome Rider"] People, until Amtrak gets dedicated rail for passenger trains only, it is what it is. It's impossible to run an efficient passenger train system on freight railroad's tracks who don't want you there in the first place. [/quote] True!  How you pay for a dedicated line is a key question. Amtrak owns 363 of the 457 miles or 79 per cent of the NEC.  Whether running over the portion of it that it does not own impacts negatively its train's performance is unknown. In FY13 the NEC had an operating profit of $392.1 million before OPEBS and capital charges. After inclusion of these expenses, the NEC lost $202.6 million in FY13. The capital charges, i.e. depreciation and interest driven by capital expenditures (ballast, rail, poles and wire, equipment, etc.), made the difference. The proponents of the high speed rail projects in the United States, at least, appear to recognize the impracticality of funding a new rail line from scratch. This is why, at least in part, they propose to use existing rights of way for most although not all of their high speed lines. Using existing rights of way does not mean that they propose to run their trains over existing rail; it means along side or over existing rail.
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