EricaAnn posted:Just an educated guess. It's scheduled to leave Butler, WI at 8:00 AM Friday morning and scheduled to arrive in West Chicago, IL at 2:30 PM thus allowing 6.5 hours for the trip. Based on my limited knowledge of the restricted speed zones I'm thinking it will be near my viewing location sometime around 9:30 AM.
Don't count on it being on time. While traveling into the Twin Cities and up to Duluth, it was frequently late. On the other hand, for almost all of that time they were at the mercy of BNSF dispatch, and a ton of freight traffic. Monday they were sent over an unexpected alternate route at the last minute, which probably left a bunch of rail fans cursing. I was able to spot it with UP's GPS updates shortly after it happened, as it veered slightly off line. You should keep an eye on their tracking page at all times, but remember it lags between updates. The tweets lag a lot more!
That kind of information will make you look like a genius to the general public when they inevitably ask questions.
