NEW YORK — Amtrak continues to add to train cancellations as a major winter storm moves across the Midwest and Northeast.
Although it no longer offers a comprehensive summary on its website, it has acknowledged these cancellations in the Midwest as of 11:30 a.m. CT on the Amtrak Alerts social media feeds. All are attributed to equipment or trainset unavailability:
- Lincoln Service: Train 300.
- Michigan Service: Trains 350, 351, 353, 354, and 355.
Also, checks of train status on the Amtrak website show these additional cancellations on the Northeast Corridor. This list is not intended to be comprehensive and is subject to change; some may have been listed in earlier Trains.com articles.
- Keystone Service: Trains 664, 674, and 612 from Harrisburg; trains 663, 669, and 671 from New York Penn Station.
- Acelas: Departing from Boston, trains 2271, 2255, 2257, 2259, 2275, and 2295; departing from Washington, trains 2248, 2250, 2252, 2256, 2258, 2222, 2274, 2226 and 2228; departing from New York for Washington: trains 2205, and 2207; departing from New York for Boston, trains 2290 and 2292.
- Northeast Regionals: Departing from Boston, trains 135, 139, 67, 169; Departing from Washington, trains 160, 119, 154, 140, 132, 122, 156, 166, 158, 104, 100, 128, and 66. Departing from New York for Washington: trains 103, 143, 121, 157, 145, 161, and 169.
Amtrak had previously announced a series of cancellations for long-distance trains in the Midwest and Northeast [see “Amtrak storm cancellations expand …,” Trains.com, Jan. 23, 2026].
Travelers are strongly advised to check the Amtrak website, app, or social media sites for updated information and to confirm cancellations listed here.
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Why isn’t equipment available for the Michigan trains? They’re not getting that much snow from this storm. Pathetic.
I have heard and/or read the weather reports for various parts of USA, as I have family here and there. My question is, what’s so unique or unusual? I’ve yet to know of anything that hasn’t happened before, many times. An ice storm in Middle Tennessee? Not every winter but it has happened. Deep snow in the Northeast? That’s business as usual. Cold in SE Wisconsin? At 16F today, that’s a bit of a warm spell for January 25th.
It’s not the weather that has changed. It’s the operational protocols of both freight and passenger railroading.