But it was during the 1960s in Bellows Falls, Vt., when the idea of a museum dedicated to old steam locomotives first took hold. Known then as Steamtown USA, the museum was started by seafood ...

The train has been at the Milwaukee County Zoo since 1958, and the steam engines were gifts from The Milwaukee Journal; they're named after then-Journal executives Harry Grant and Irwin Maier.

In 1966, Old 790 was sent to Steamtown USA, in New Hampshire. In 1984, it went to the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pa., where it remains today.

Elwood was born in 1919. A majority of steam locomotives were decommissioned by the late 1950s, when Elwood reluctantly took his post in new trains powered by diesel.

It is now one of the most reliable and widely-travelled steam engines in the country. It hauled the first steam-powered Royal Train in 2002 and has also paid visits to the Mid Norfolk Railway.

Hundreds of people enjoyed a visit to Didcot Railway Centre at the weekend. The steam railway heritage centre is next to Didcot Parkway rail station, and attracts thousands of visitors every year.

Back for a second year, the "Legends of Steam" event, running from March 14 to 16, will greet locomotive legends LNER A1 Peppercorn Class 60163 "Tornado" and LMS Black 5 45407 "The Lancashire ...