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:

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