CHICAGO — Amtrak has cancelled Empire Builder departures in both directions scheduled for today (Feb. 15, 2025), as well as the eastbound Borealis and one westbound Wolverine. Two Northeast Corridor trains have also been cancelled.
The reasons for the cancellations differ. According to posts on the Amtrak Alerts feed on X.com, the Empire Builder slated to depart Chicago at 3:05 p.m., and the sections of the eastbound Builder scheduled to leave Portland, Ore, at 4:45 p.m. and Seattle at 4:55 p.m., have been cancelled because of “impending severe weather conditions.” The eastbound Borealis, slated to leave St. Paul, Minn., at 11:50 a.m. CT, is cancelled because of “equipment/mechanical issues,” while Wolverine No. 351, the 5:43 a.m. departure from Pontiac, Mich., was cancelled because of “equipment unavailability.”
On the Northeast Corridor, Acela No. 2251, a 7:40 a.m. departure from Boston for Washington was cancelled because of “equipment unavailability,” as was the New York-Philadephia portion of Northeast Regional train No. 155. These cancellations followed communications issues that halted all traffic in and out of New York Penn Station beginning about 9 p.m. ET on Friday. Those problems were reported resolved by about 12:30 a.m., although with residual delays of up to two hours, according to the Amtrak Northeast feed on X.com.
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