WINONA, Minn. –The Borealis day-train arrived from Chicago with an unusual consist of bi-level Superliner cars after service was halted a day earlier for safety reasons. The consist was patched together from whatever spare cars that Amtrak had at its Chicago yard or that could be ferried in for emergency service. The arrival of Amtrak 13333 was at 3:19 p.m., not an uncommon 34 minutes late. The train was expected to overnight in St. Paul and leave in the morning for a return run to Chicago. Because cars in the interim consists don’t have extra-legroom seating, passengers with business class tickets were refunded the difference.
Stirring snow. Across Wisconsin en route to La Crosse, Winona, Red Wing and St. Paul. Image: David Lassen