Union Pacific Locomotive 844 (Image Credit: AP File Photograph)
This year is the Union Pacific Railroad's 150th birthday. To mark the occasion, an historic steam locomotive is traveling across the Midwest this week. Mark Davis is with Union Pacific:
Steam locomotive number 844 made a stop at northwest Fillmore and northwest Norris Streets in Topeka yesterday (MON) afternoon. It's scheduled to leave this (TUE) morning around 8. Visitors are welcome for the duration of the train's time in the area. For more information and a schedule of locomotive 844's itinerary, visit www.up.com, and enter the word "steam" in the search box.