First, had reservations for VIA's The Canadian (TOR to VAN) for Jan 29 -- cancelled. OK, made reservations for Jan. 31 for Empire Builder to SEA and on northward. Cancelled. Figured best to forget the whole thing for time being and I cancelled hotel reservations. And don't believe "Trains 351, 352, 353 & 354 are scheduled to operate. Trains 350 & 355 are canceled on January 29, 30 and 3" that was originally put forth by Amtrak. 351 was not permitted to run to CHI on Jan. 31. I had to discover the Amtrak cancels by my search while VIA at least notified me. It appears that air travel is more dependable than rail. Scheduled flight DETROIT to TOR departed a few hr late but it did depart. (Not with me in that I cancelled upon discovering the Canadian situation.) I suspect there are people like this writer who assume long distance rail travel is more dependable than rail because when the airlines are hit with delays and cancellations, the sheer number of travelers affected is massive compared to the comparatively minuscule numbers of rail riders affected by serious delays and cancellations. Finally, although Delta was in no way responsible for the reason I cancelled a flight to TOR for The Canadian, they refunded me the entire amount of the ticket. Fortunately, I have not in recent years had to cancel AMTRAK but what I've seen doesn't seem encouraging regarding refunds.