Kenefick Park rests on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River and the site where the Transcontinental Railroad started. Abraham Lincoln visited Council Bluffs, Iowa and met with General Grenville Dodge who planned the famed route, with Lincoln selecting Council Bluffs at the starting point.

Kenefick Park was named after John Kenefick -- starting as a locomotive designer, later becoming Chairman. Kenefick Park features the U.P. Big Boy #4023 and the U.P. EMD 6900 Centennial DDA40X. Both Roland and Averill Harriman, through their partnership in Brown Brothers Harriman, controlled the railroad and honored their father, Edward Henry Harriman's, wishes to "Gold plate every aspect on his railroad".

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