Amtrak 350 flies through a blizzard at 100mph

Chicago and Northwest Indiana were a hit with a historic snowstorm on February 1st, 2015, with snowfall totals of over 16 inches. I went out to catch the first train of the day on Amtrak's Michigan line burst through all of the snowfall.
Train 350 (Chicago-Pontiac, MI) came through at or close to 100mph, appearing and disappearing in seconds. The location is a bit northeast of Porter, Indiana; Amtrak can operate up to 110mph between Porter and Kalamazoo.
The second train is Amtrak 49, the Lake Shore Limited, running at restricted speed behind a hot NS intermodal at Chesterton Indiana. This video shows NS freights in the same heavy snowfall. As the morning went on, conditions worsened:
• Two NS freights roar t...

[@toddcampbell5603]

Gotta love the exhilaration of a fast train. Wish I could have witnessed the advent of the sreamlined diesel passenger trains of the 1930's which routinely traveled at speeds of over 100 mph.

[@TheGhostbusters44]

I LIKE THE K5LA

[@CoasterFan2105]

I love these two clips, especially the second one. It does such a great job of capturing the feel of winter railroading, both in video and audio. One of my favorite wintertime Amtrak scenes.

[@TheGrahamtrak]

Agreed!

[@RailroadVideos]

Thanks! I appreciate it. I'm hoping to try some other filming in that weather in the future, if the weather actually happens. Also, great videos! That BART video is really cool, you found a lot of great angles for it.

[@jamessanders6223]

It's so cool to just suddenly appear watch it go by very fast and then just disapear into the blizzard. Looks like a ghost train sort of.

[@kcirrednosrednad3596]

James Sanders thumb up for you. I was thinking the same thing. now in the hell can something so big just disappear like that. it's like it just vanished into fat air.

[@mrbrooks702]

It was an eerie feeling to hear the horn after the train disappears.

[@ClassyDeerBoi]

Bruh thats so true though, even when you hear its horn after it disappears. Spooky AF.

[@ClassyDeerBoi]

Mr. BROOKS hehe *eerie* just got me thinking of the erie railroad lol........you can neck me now

[@fieldaj2011]

A ghost train that sells $10 hamburgers to customers...which it costs $14 to make. Scary!

[@davidmeinen4827]

If the first 29 seconds of this video don't impress you... You're probably not a rail fan!

[@TEDavis]

That is exciting! Zooming pass at such a velocity.

[@ToelwWorks]

I know right!

[@JudeTheTntisexploding]

I am not a true Railfan yet but I do record trains!

[@Maine_Railfan]

All I heard was a horn a zip than the train was gone!

[@Nautical_Parsnip]

They go pretty freaking fast

[@Maine_Railfan]

puppy67726 Gaming yeh!

[@bigtime7724]

puppy67726 Gaming yea out here on AML we run 110

[@bigtime7724]

***** do the same for mines and watch my videos

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Maine Railfan© you know if he hits his brakes itll take 20 minutes to stop

[@rsubram24]

Trains are running pretty fast in snow .Amazing.

[@marshamariner7897]

Esp when the plow 🚂 is doing it's job. How do they know where the tracks are under at least 5+ 🐾🐾 of ❄️🌨️?? Moving slower but still ✌️🌹💖🌍🌎☹️

[@SLIvista]

that sound. mother fuckers flyin

[@lighttheskyogod3666]

I'm from Buffalo. That's a light snowfall, not a blizzard.

[@gregorykemi8898]

Yes, and it's definately not 16 inches either : )

[@erictylki5315]

Chicago is the same way.

[@PeterLiuIsBeast]

What? I was born in Beijing and the average snow fall is 2 cm at its peak.

[@tannawannavannabittannawan7138]

Joe M I’m from Arizona. That’s a blizzard, not a light snowfall.

[@thestarlightalchemist7333]

Im from western canada, that's like a few days ago, september 13th.

[@claudi.o]

How beautiful Amtrak trains are.

[@TrainsandAdventuresTV]

Daniel Brice Will you idiotic Europeans stop insulting our American railroads already? Who cares if TGV is faster, at least our freight locomotives are much stronger than yours will ever be

[@claudi.o]

@Daniel Brice What stupidity to be comparing. When I get on an Amtrak, I enjoy it and don't mind other trains. Now, if I follow your logic, in my opinion, the best is the shinkansen and away. But this thread is about amtraks. The amtrak are excellent.

[@ROTE]

@Daniel Brice maybe your trains are faster but ours are acually good looking

[@themightyzanoss8409]

@@ROTE not really sure if that's true

[@gutter1]

@@themightyzanoss8409 some of the passenger locos are pretty ugly but you cant say the freight locos arent badass

[@WideWorldofTrains]

He was moving, like how he blasted thru the snow bank

[@bsanghera4674]

Wide World of Trains k

[@ianc8742]

Wide World of Trains w8p0

[@centralmarylandrailfan7887]

The snow just vanished

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Thumbed up 👍 as always!❤ Love the snow!!

[@aaliyahbarnard654]

oñqqñsss

[@HeatherWrona]

Dude I love your channel Keep up the good work. Also love the snow

[@irelandbloke]

Awesome shots ! 👍🏻

[@railfanwill3450]

Awesome Doppler affect

[@legioner9]

First train was insane. Also, the horns in the distance at that speed sound very cool.

[@windwhipped5]

The word "blizzard" often doesn't get used in its proper technical context outside of the National Weather Service. So we can feel rather "baited" by the rather generic term often used on utube.

[@janetmawhinney2993]

Me: when the 2 engines go by looks at blue on top of it* Train: I'm going so fast you'll think I have 4 engines

[@schon2395]

When you order Jimmy Johns: 0:16

[@Rbyrd77]

Schon239. LOL !

[@amjkodaz]

Blizzard for us in Georgia 😂

[@michaeltischer7195]

Is Like when a Amtrak Hits the Show and then IT flys everwhere and coving the Train IT allmost Looks Like is disapireing and Teleport to another Tracks in the Mainline

[@ashleycannon7991]

Guess you could’ve called the ghost train of the flying Amtrak 350.

[@Nautical_Parsnip]

But I like snow too and Christmas . All that good wintery stuff

[@ellieprice3396]

That was super fast but probably no more than 70 mph.

[@CartersTrains]

That first one was definitely going around 100 mph. I go railfanning a lot in Pewaukee WI. and Amtrak trains there only get to 80 mph. That first one was going much faster than the ones I see normally.

[@larrysherk]

I love these exaggerated titles! Some blizzard - the even a breath of a breeze anywhere. Just light, white flakes.

[@milojanis4901]

I'm not buying the 100mph either. Second one was maybe 45mph?

[@jadin5199]

@@milojanis4901 So your telling me you think its fast forward. Look at everything around it, sounds too. The horn dont sound fast forward, the crossing gate lights is normal. I'm pretty sure it's not fast forward

[@BNSF_7777_Productions]

0:18 2 seconds later it's gone

[@nicholass5405]

blizzard my ass. It's snowing

[@Luck21st]

1st Video was Really Fast !!

[@davidpichardo340]

That is full of speed

[@ROTE]

@@davidpichardo340 no, it can go 110 mph

[@kevinmiller1985]

Brrr. Too cold for me even though I live in Indiana where the winters ARE cold & snowy, which is to be expected, but I still don't like it. Guess I'd rather put up with that rather than the hurricanes of the East Coast, the earthquakes, wildfires & mudslides of California & the heat & droughts of Texas & the tornadoes of Tornado Alley.

[@jeffkeni]

That is not a blizzard and that was not 100mph.

[@bandfromtheband9445]

So very, very cool to see this Mighty Train, with the Most Majestic Bark of it's Horn, to come into it's stations and Play those pitches down. It sounds wonderful.

[@ryanaus04]

The first train is traveling that speed to clear the rails of snow, right?

[@Nautical_Parsnip]

It was actually 1 hour late

[@ConrailQuality775]

No

[@agentpiggles6685]

Is this even allowed i mean i can’t imagine Amtrak says oh ya home there is a blizzard you should travel at speeds of 100 mph ok everyone

[@danielgarepisholland]

yes, snow does not affect railroad transport

[@enginesandoutdoors3238]

Daniel Garepis-Holland it can cause wheelslip but won’t derail anything

[@rvnmedic1968]

@@enginesandoutdoors3238 Yeah, forget about emergency braking with those slick rails.

[@slobama]

No blizzards and no 100 mph. That's just the headline to get your attention so you will watch this video. It worked!!!

[@ConrailQuality775]

Michael M Too speed on this line is 110mph. A simple google search would’ve yielded that info.

[@terenfro1975]

Working on perfecting this. From looking at the lower note on the horn, I am seeing an average of 92.1 MPH from running it through a Doppler effect program.

[@jackyclaiborne2142]

Rail travel is much safer in a snowstorm than highway travel. In a snowstorm, highways are too treacherous to travel at highway speed.

[@TimAndyMik]

One of the better train videos available. Great stuff!!

[@nervun8097]

I've said it many times and I'll say it again. Amtrak trains, especially the Genesis's, look like Snowpiercers. I love them.

[@juneshopper]

very cool. I was on UP train with parents in WY when we did 100 mph, making up time We were in diner and waiters were bumping into each other and dropping dishes. Dad worked for Frisco and knew something was up. In dome car we met a guy clocking the mileposts and he told us the speed. No wonder they were falling around, no speed limits in those days, UP passenger train on UP tracks could do what they wanted, all the freights had to get out of the way.

[@boweandrew3]

Didn't realize the super liners could travel at 110 mph or 100 mph that would sure speed up the Texas eagle between Joliet and saint Louis mo in the future

[@coreywilliams7445]

Looks like I'm not the only one that notice the Superliners moving that fast

[@bigtime7724]

That was me and my uncle on that train my uncle runs 350/353 from chicago to battle creek mi them doubble Decker cant run any more than 90 mph if any fast if fell like a plane in turbulence with those car 79 mph

[@rpf276]

+Andrew Bowe The real train speed limit is the track design and standard. Class 5 track is needed to go 79 mph. New tougher class 6 standard allows passenger trains to go 110 mph the fastest you can safely go with track shared with freight. New Amtrak diesel-electric locomotives and passengers cars are designed for 125 mph, with standard modern railroad technology. It requires better railroad right-of-way road crossing design and standards too and positive train control. That's how Illinois and Michigan are going to 110 mph passenger train service along with New York state. It would be a great infrastructure investment nationwide great for states like Texas and Florida too where it will take good 110 mph rail service to make it a real fast and easier alternative to battling it out on busy city to city interstates in our cars. I think a 110 mph system is a better start than 220 mph with expensive special no freight high speed rail and zero as in none at grade road crossings, at all with big exception of NE and California which need it right now and have a huge potential passenger base to support it now.

[@coreywilliams7445]

+HERMAN GIBSON Wow. you were on that train?

[@bigtime7724]

Corey Williams I did ride that train in the snow but idk what date this was

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodpi6655]

That sound is so satisfying as it passes by

[@wagrtrains]

Amazing panning and tracking

[@chicago90278]

For the first clip did you get hit by any snow?

[@LoowitRail]

it looks like he did a tiny bit yes i am replying to a comment you posted three years ago

[@catdieselpower193]

awsome vid at beginning that SOB Was haulin the mail now! dam lol

[@Jdaminbf4]

I just saw your comment on a Eddie Rabbitt song like 10 minutes ago lol

[@Weeklydoseofrailways]

Awesome can I use this video in my train compilation video credit to you in video will be given

[@angelmalarkey7946]

The train came invisible at 0:23.

[@hokutosei.hershey-ho.high-8203]

AMTRAK 350 110MPH/170KM~👍

[@sunking2001]

Wow...that first train was going pretty fast for having limited visibility! I Does anyone know if those trains have radar on them?

[@ConrailQuality775]

They do not.

[@jeffreyoneill6439]

That is not a bloody blizzard. Amazing that derailway survived it.

[@LT1HILLINGHOE]

Where's the blizzard?

[@elijahfilmsinc.3180]

I could watch that first train pass over and over and over again

[@davidurban6813]

I'd like to see Amtrak run rear end observation cars on some of their trains. Just a thought. Have a great day everyone.

[@keith3421]

David Urban fantastic idea

[@davidurban6813]

@@keith3421 thank you and I suppose you'd like to see cabooses on the end of freight trains too. Believe me so would I. Have a great day.

[@RailfanBrenden.]

0:30 Love the echo Of the Horn

[@MrNASCARFAN2009]

Thank you for being a smart railfan and moving down and away from the crossing so we don't have to hear the annoying ass bell

[@LoneEagle]

...and still late.

[@NukeBro]

Jeez that's fast..

[@JoMarieM]

Wow. . .somebody must have been running late for dinner!

[@cameraman655]

There are times that I miss snowy conditions, especially with wonderful vids and photos like these, then I go back home to Minnesota in Dec for Christmas and New Years and I thank God for Texas.

[@greatlakesrailfan586]

It Is AmazingnHow Go The Video Looks. I Wish A Train Simulator Had These Winter Effects.

[@jogibajr]

Blizzard ? Really ? That looks like your average snow storm. The blizzard of 1888 killed over 400 people , how many died in this storm ?

[@TheDylanJoyce]

Yeah, I like trains...

[@Davet1187]

I work S+C up in Canada, and I'm curious as to what ITCS stands for. It's not an acronym we use up here. Edit: Never mind, lol. Figured it out myself. For anybody else wondering, it's a type of Positive Train Control wherein the train will slow and stop itself when it picks up an unpermisive signal off the coded track circuits. also GPS and lots of other sofistomocated gizmos.

[@tryithere]

That's a blizzard? Is this Florida?

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

Your average Joe • he was being facetious, methinks .. as if to say "that was no blizzard, that was a dusting" like a true Yankee might say lol

[@gomphrena-beautifulflower-8043]

Your average Joe • sokay, Joe! I live in the mid-South, and we go crazy when we have a little bit of snow! We clear the store shelves of staples as if we'll be snowed in for months. I worry when y'all get snow or frigid temps down in Florida, because that could wipe out or severely damage the awesome crops you grow..citrus, etc. We used to be big farmers, so we know what devastation bad weather events can bring. (Of course great weather and rain at the right times made for bumper crops, too.) Anyway, snow is beautiful even in photos - but not always welcome and always, always dangerous for travelers.

[@heinzbreuer2674]

Das waren meine Liebste amtrack züge🌹🌹🌹🇺🇸

[@ibikein]

First clip was mental At 2x speed

[@maxburgess7040]

This seems really unsafe.

[@wlh227]

Speed is more like 80 MPH

[@tommytruth7595]

Oh no, it is 100-------100 KM per hour.

[@ConrailQuality775]

Negative on both counts. Amtrak trains are allowed to travel at 110 MPH on this section. Superliners can handle up to 100.

[@CartersTrains]

No, that first train is probably going around 100. I go railfanning at Pewaukee WI. a lot and the Amtrak trains go 80 mph there. This video that first train was going much faster

[@davidlatimer778]

Great vid! I've been trying to get a snowy shot like that for a while now. Waiting in that weather for the best shot is hardcore. Gotta love our Michigan blizzards off the lake.

[@mikeweaver8790]

I was surprised to see Superliner cars on Amtrak 350. I wouldn't have thought that was a usual route for them.

[@es8559]

100mph? 🧐🤣🙈

[@jonsearles3270]

This is cool. It's too bad that all we can do is fave it.

[@coachd1433]

I think I have a different definition of 100mph; I thought it was actually fast ... These vids are nice, but let's not be dishonest about what we are seeing. "Amtrak through snow" is a fine video to watch without the tease that doesn't live up to the hype ...

[@Hothenrik]

Wow. I didn’t even see the train traveling at 100 mph. All I saw was a couple slower ones. Maybe it was moving even faster than that…..🤨

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Love those Amtrak horns.

[@jacquigeorgekirkman1766]

Damn risky if you ask me. The view out front of this speeding train was zero for the driver.Bravado, maybe, foolish for certain.

[@Oarboar1]

That must have been something to be a passenger on that first train, with snow swirling constantly just outside one's window the whole trip.

[@tropicalties3806]

God: Do you know how you died? Me: No. God: Flying Ice chunk to the Frontal lobe @ 100mph.

[@adventurekid9242]

So the trains run, If This Were the airport you would be sleeping overnight and catching your flight in the morning. Have a nice day sucker

[@eoinpkav152]

100 mph my ass

[@davidsmalldridge870]

Awesome Catch And Crossings In The Snow!

[@ericscarburry8637]

Cool!

[@lambo4274]

The guy in the first train was like "MOVE OUT THE WAY IM FUCKIN LATE"

[@nathanhudson-young2460]

Is this a remake of Snowpiercer or something?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tranquilbreeze3797]

Why are there superliners on a Michigan service?? I’ve only ever seen them with amfleet and horizon cars.

[@DrKilovolt]

Nice camera work on that first pass!

[@flashrocket9158]

you were by that Bed n Breakfast place by the line there? i was there back in October 2014!

[@atccollector8575]

The first one... Damn those Amtraks are awsome

[@rthelionheart]

Never EVER fuck with a 500-tonne moving machine🤨

[@starwarsrebel2006]

Amtrak's trains are slow compared to Japan's bullet trains.

[@revengeoftheseph]

Can someone tell me what kind of horn that was on the first train?

[@TrainTrackTrav]

Nathan K5LA

[@revengeoftheseph]

What kind of K5LA is it?

[@martaolalla7376]

Joey Pulone

[@martaolalla7376]

lo

[@OBS_CentralFL]

3rd Generation K5LA

[@superunknown8645]

this train luckily doesnt have to take 2 trips when hauling ass at 100 mph

[@alannhod7353]

Never once did the wheels lift off the track as the title suggested. Fake shit bait

[@davidliberty8224]

It was not doing 100!

[@ednorton47]

In Michigan Amtrak locos are equipped with Positive Train Control which permits speeds to 110mph.

[@ConrailQuality775]

They are incorrect, and so are you, twilight's last gleaming. A pool of Amtrak locomotives have been equipped with ITCS to run at 110 MPH in Michigan between Porter and Kalamazoo. The Superliners are rated only for 100 mph, but the single level cars are rated for 110. They regularly travel at this speed.

[@inlandempirerailfan4269]

Hell no!!! First one definitely not near 60. Probably 90 or 95.

[@jr.gaming2205]

I thought it would have to run slow due to the blizzard

[@carolynjones5142]

I am British ,our trains would not work .Typical

[@XxtekiexX]

you need to go about 30% faster. Ivan from PCL .

[@oofyalDAMMIT]

That's the Wolverine from Chicago to Pontiac

[@everythingtv7433]

Sounds like a gost train lol

[@edgein3299]

that first Amtrak was on a mission

[@monica012077]

That's freaking awesome!! 😍

[@davidmarc2683]

I dont think 100 miles an hour but fast through that snow

[@thomasshebat2351]

He dissappeared into the whiteness

[@haydenrichardp3712]

Trains in the snow! It doesn’t get any better!