General Maczek again achieved victory, two years ago, when SteamCenter director Jason Van Landschoot sped past a locomotive of Wallonia's Three Valleys Railway in a race.
Flemish enthusiasts at SteamCenter Maldegem, a heritage center in northern Belgium, recently spent a cold day cutting spare boiler screws for their stable, which includes a Polish-built steam engine, the "General Maczek, " named for the Polish general who helped liberate Belgium in World War II.