NC&StL 576
The NC&StL(Nashville, Chattanooga, and St Louis) class J-3 Locomotive #576 is a 4-8-4 locomotive built in August 1942. By September 2nd, 1952, all of the NC&StL J3's were withdrawn from service and were scrapped except the 576. #576 was donated in September 1953 to the people of Nashville, TN after. To this day, the locomotive has been on static display in Centennial Park in Nashville.[1]
A restoration to operational status as an excursion locomotive is underway by the Nashville Steam Preservation Society (N.S.P.S).[2]
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A video produced for the restoration project of locomotive #576.
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