Empire Builder trains scheduled to leave Union Station for Seattle at 11:05 a.m. and 3:05 p.m. on Monday have been canceled, according to Amtrak.

Amtrak has expanded its list of train cancellations in and out of Chicago because of a forecast of “extremely cold temperatures” to include an extensive number of state-supported services to Illinois and adjacent states.

Amtrak has canceled trains on at least five different lines operating with service to and from Chicago amid frigid cold temperatures and wind chills.

Amtrak’s list of Midwest train cancellations because of extreme cold weather continues to expand. Added to the list in an updated advisory issued at 1 a.m. ET today (Monday, Jan. 20) are the following trains that were scheduled to operate today: — Combined Missouri River Runner/Lincoln Service train No.

Trains on multiple Amtrak lines are canceled Tuesday and Wednesday as a blast of Arctic air continues to grip the Chicago area. Overnight wind chills Monday and into Tuesday could plunge to 20-to ...

Step on board a newly upgraded Amtrak Superliner sleeper car on the California Zephyr and see inside a roomette I booked for a 15-hour journey.

Freezing winds are expected to remain in the area until Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday morning are expected to be the coldest periods of the stretch. Monday's high will be 10 and the low minus 6. Tuesday's high will be 5 and the low minus 1,

Details have been finalized for the proposed LA to Denver and Seattle to Denver routes, both of which would serve Ogden, Salt Lake City and Provo.

A man was fatally hit by an Amtrak train in Tampa while trespassing on the tracks; no passengers or crew were injured. The incident is under investigation.

The nine grants, announced by the office of U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., come from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Other projects awarded grants include the Robert Street project, studying a land bridge in the Rondo neighborhood, and digital equity projects.

The closures range from the city to the suburbs, including elementary, middle and high schools in Palos Hills, Oak Lawn, Lyons, Calumet City, Crystal Lake, Elgin, Carpentersville, Antioch and Grayslake.