The CEO of Union Pacific told Trains.com late last week that the company plans to send the engine on a transcontinental trip.
Construction on Kansas City's Union Station began in 1911 and on Oct. 30, 1914, the city celebrated its grand opening.
Union Pacific reports 32 empty rail cars derailed near Knob Noster in Missouri, east of Kansas City. Johnson County, Missouri, officials ask the public to avoid nearby railroad crossings.