Originally Posted by
IflyNW
Just as a heads up there's been a lot of trackwork happening between glacier and williston at the moment during the night, so things have been moving a little slow. I trust you left yourself plenty of buffer to get to the airport in MSP. Uber from Union to MSP is about $20 if you want to go that route. Also two blocks south of the depot in whitefish is a liquor store if you need to resupply after the night out of spokane, remember you can drink in your bedroom with your own alcohol legally!
Thanks, I know the longer route trains can sometimes be incredibly late so I ended up going conservative and for a 7:43 AM arrival into Minneapolis, I am taking the later of two available flights back at 5:30 PM instead of the 12:45 PM option. I have been checking the arrival times the past two weeks and while there was one day where the train arrived over 9 hours late, it seems to be in a 1-3 hour range and a little late I would actually not mind being late within that range since that would allow for breakfast. And thanks for the liquor store info, I will hopefully have ample wine packed but its good to know.