justalurker66 wrote:"Due to the impassable bridge and in order to make it to Train Festival, on the evening of Saturday July 18th the 4449 will be taken off of the train just prior to its arrival at Union Station to be serviced, refueled and rehydrated. The Amtrak engine will spot the train at Union Station as planned. The 4449 will then move on its own (no train) to Congress Park to take a slower detour route on a different railroad to Michigan City. On the morning of July 19th, the train will depart from CUS at 8 AM, led by Amtrak over the planned route from Chicago to Michigan City to catch up with the SP 4449 for the remainder of the journey to Durand. Stay tuned to our 'tweets' for updates."
So it looks like Michigan City is a good place to find 4449 on Saturday evening / overnight into Sunday AM ...
Looks that way, since it's going to head back west after servicing to the IHB at Congress Park on BNSF, then trundle down the length of the railroad south, and east to MC, hooking into the NS Chicago line (ex-NYC) at CP 502 (Hick) via the IHB's Kankakee line in Hammond. Report from another list says as of 1500cst, the train is out of LaCrosse, and should hit the BNSF Chicago sub in the early evening, hopefully before dark...