Given the question: Build a movie plot around this: The main engine on the train breaks down while passing through which state? Missouri
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Neal Page is an advertising executive in marketing trying to return to his family for Thanksgiving in Chicago after being on a business trip in New York City, but is delayed by an executive who cannot decide which mock-up will be used for an ad. After their meeting ends without a decision, Neal tries to find a cab and successfully hails one, but it is stolen by another man (Kevin Bacon in a cameo appearance). Del Griffith, a travelling salesman who sells shower curtain rings, has interfered by leaving his trunk at the edge of the street, causing Neal to fall over while racing the man for the cab. Del then unknowingly snatches a taxi ride that Neal has bought from an attorney. The two meet again at JFK Airport where they board a plane to O'Hare. Their plane is diverted to Wichita due to a blizzard in Chicago. What should have been a 1-hour and 45-minute New York-to-Chicago flight turns into a three-day ordeal, in which everything that can go wrong does.The pair resort to various means to try and reach Chicago, but one attempt after another is defeated either by bad luck or Del's incompetence. Forced to share a room in a cheap motel on the first night, Neal loses his temper with Del and lambastes him. In response, Del admits that he regards Neal as a cold cynic and says that despite how Neal feels, he likes himself and is liked by others because he is not afraid to be the way he is. Neal calms down and the two men go to sleep. During the night their cash is stolen by a burglar.The following day they attempt to reach Chicago by train. However, the locomotive breaks down, leaving the passengers stranded in a Missouri field. After reaching Jefferson City, Del sells his remaining shower curtain rings to buy bus tickets, but neglects to tell Neal that they are only valid to St. Louis. Upon arrival, Neal again offends Del over lunch and the two part ways. Neal attempts to rent a car, but finds the rented car's space at the distant rental lot empty. After walking through the cold to the airport terminal, Neal vents...