High Speed Freight on NEC

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The Italians are doing  it, and would increase productivity of the overnights on the NEC. 
 
There is relatively little open capacity overnight since a lot of heavy maintenance work on interlockings and electrification gear is carried out overnight. A lot of tracks are out of service overnight.

Conversely, there is quite a bit of freight carried on the NEC in some specific segments during the daytime already - e.g. Perryville to Bayview.
 
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