While you specifically call out "maintenance," it does happen that capital money is used for non-capital expenditures. https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/pen

While you specifically call out "maintenance," it does happen that capital money is used for non-capital expenditures. https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/pennsylvania-governor-approves-use-of-capital-funds-for-septa-operations/ https://www.trains.com/pro/passenger/pennsylvania-governor-a... Someone should let the governor of Pennsylvania know he's committing "accounting fraud."