Historic Nashville Steam Locomotive hits significant moment in restoration efforts

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2023
  • The restoration of a World War 2-era steam locomotive, Number 576, is forging ahead at full speed, as it finally receives its wheels back.

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  • @stephenweaver7631
    @stephenweaver7631 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    In 1967 my father and I visited Nashville, and I climbed aboard this locomotive! I was 8 years old! Fond memories!

    • @steadyrest7048
      @steadyrest7048 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Father, brother and I got off a train in Nashville at least 4 decades ago, while there we drove to the park and viewed this locomotive and took a few photos. If you have a heart whenever you see a cold steam locomotive one hopes people will one day bring her back to life. Have machined parts for vintage aircraft though unfortunately never for my main interest which is railroads.

  • @Sj27m
    @Sj27m ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If i could have played on something like that in the park when i was a kid i would have never left the park.

  • @allanliversidge9827
    @allanliversidge9827 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I am down here in Aussie land. These are my all time favourite U. S . Steam locomotives. Have so much admiration for these , so versatile beautiful locomotives. Keep up the good work👌

    • @CrossOfBayonne
      @CrossOfBayonne หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same 576 is one of my favorite 4-8-4s, My preference to locomotives are usually Pacifics and Northerns among large steam power

    • @CrossOfBayonne
      @CrossOfBayonne หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      During World War II and also Korean War main motive power for troop trains were 4-6-2s and 4-8-4s but if you were overseas you would ride behind US Army locomotives or engines specific to the country of deployment

  • @joegongora2200
    @joegongora2200 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It's great that the locomotive is being restored and a vintage train such as this deserves it. It would be great seeing it on America's rail lines once again. These locomotives and trains are worth it.

    • @user-hj9gd7yg5m
      @user-hj9gd7yg5m ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are so right down the rail line, All aboard🚂🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

  • @edwardstrishock8541
    @edwardstrishock8541 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Preserving our history = priceless

  • @walkinbeauty7273
    @walkinbeauty7273 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I took my son's to see this in Centennial Park when they were young and now I'm SO excited to think they will be able to take their children and grandchildren to see this magnificent steam engine!
    This is something worth every penny of Nashville tax dollars!!

    • @RabbitWatchShop
      @RabbitWatchShop ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m definitely revisiting it upon its return

    • @walkinbeauty7273
      @walkinbeauty7273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RabbitWatchShop did they mention when it will be done?

    • @RabbitWatchShop
      @RabbitWatchShop ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not sure. @@walkinbeauty7273

    • @eliyahtherailfanner131
      @eliyahtherailfanner131 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@walkinbeauty7273I know that they are more than halfway done so give it maybe a couple years and it’ll be operational.

    • @NashvilleSteam
      @NashvilleSteam ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you for your support and we're excited to host you some day! So far, the restoration has been completely funded by private donations and no tax dollars have been used on the project.

  • @nahjustaverage
    @nahjustaverage 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Too bad I am too young to help restore this beauty, I just love watching steam locomotives get overhauled and restored. It is almost mesmerizing to see all the individual parts and old technology

  • @Wolfewriter83
    @Wolfewriter83 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dad and I used to visit 576 at the park when I was a kid. We're looking forward to when she's operational again.

  • @stephenhudson8739
    @stephenhudson8739 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's not a train until there's a lot of rolling stock behind it. That is just a locomotive

    • @ronselliers6951
      @ronselliers6951 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      According to G.C.O.R. a train is a locomotive or any combination of locomotives and rolling stock.

    • @stephenhudson8739
      @stephenhudson8739 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Okay I stand corrected

    • @philipwilson867
      @philipwilson867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      has a clearance and orders. Ps a group of locomotives together is called a power move!

    • @timmytheclipartkid378
      @timmytheclipartkid378 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Go sit down and shut up mate

  • @christopherkrebill7663
    @christopherkrebill7663 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great to see another Northern-type (4-8-4) locomotive coming back into steam! Joining the ranks of SP 4449, ATSF 3751, ATSF 2926, UP 844, MILW 261, NW 611, Reading 2102, and any others I might have missed!

  • @philipwilson867
    @philipwilson867 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m a retired locomotive engineer and it bugs me to no end to hear people calling everything they see on the tracks A TRAIN! A caboose is not a train a rail car is not a train a conductor is not an engineer! And no a locomotive is not a train. Look it up in the rule book!!!

  • @alanl.simmons9726
    @alanl.simmons9726 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have enjoyed watching Keith Rucker's TH-cam channel as he rebuilds the steam stoker engine for this engine. Nice work.

  • @tomy.1846
    @tomy.1846 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Awesome!!! Hope it goes well!

  • @diddlebug7241
    @diddlebug7241 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wish you folks a good fund raiser and good success in the rebuilding project. I owe what I know about railroads to steam specifically the Texas State Railroad.
    I used to have the connections to ride with the crew anytime. Those connections are gone but the memories are still with me as well as the rail knowledge I gained from working with the early 20th century equipment; good times.

  • @adriaanboogaard8571
    @adriaanboogaard8571 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I can't wait to see it Running. It's a shame Johnny Cash isn't around to take a ride when it's done. Maybe they could invite his family for one when it's done.

  • @larry3034
    @larry3034 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That train is important to Nashville history.❤❤❤

  • @MySteamChannel
    @MySteamChannel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome stuff! Greets from Australia.

  • @CSXRailfanBrony-ChessieDayligh
    @CSXRailfanBrony-ChessieDayligh ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've seen this historic steam locomotive at Centennial Park two times and again back in April during the Open House and Model Train Show. I'm really excited for this locomotive return to steam in the near future.

    • @mikehawk2003
      @mikehawk2003 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looks ugly as hell, would be more useful to be melted down for scrap and turned into utensils to feed starving children.

    • @joegongora2200
      @joegongora2200 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope that when it returns to traveling the rail lines once again it tours all 48 states here in America. I remember that in 2010 around the Spring time a steam engine train passed through my hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas USA. I hope that it passes through my hometown of Corpus Christi once more. It was announced that a steam engine train passed by. On the way back it passed by on its way back to either Victoria or San Antonio, Texas. That's when I got to see it because it had gone to Kingsville, Texas for a celebration. That's 50 miles South of Corpus Christi, Texas. Those trains are a sight to behold as it was tooting its whistle it was making it's presence known on the rails of Corpus Christi, Texas. From a distance you could hear its chugging noise as people were gathered along the track.

  • @Froggyman145
    @Froggyman145 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't wait to see this beautiful engine running again

  • @joshkeene8457
    @joshkeene8457 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Now this is something worth funding for

  • @loganbloom6191
    @loganbloom6191 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    They should get it new name plates calling it johnny cash in his memory for helping save the engine from scrap

  • @wirelesmike73
    @wirelesmike73 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's such a shame that this is the only one left. My Great Great Grandfather worked the lines that train ran on. It's awesome to see that it's being fully restored to its full functionality. What a job. Can't wait to see it finished. 🥲

  • @Middlesbrough250
    @Middlesbrough250 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope to visit it , all the way from GB 🇬🇧

  • @KieranMckean
    @KieranMckean 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was lucky enough to see how massive these locomotives are when I stood in the shadow of the " big boy " 4014 it stopped overnight in my city . 🚂

  • @jbrunsonjr
    @jbrunsonjr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love it!! Keep the updates coming!!

  • @toddschmidt206
    @toddschmidt206 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very cool can’t wait to see it under steam!

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love coal fired steam locomotives. Closest you'll ever get to a truly living mechanical monster!

    • @NightmareKato
      @NightmareKato 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cost wise, coal isn't a great choice since if you convert to oil, you can use old motor oil as part of bunker fuel to run these locomotives. And that's way cheaper and significantly cleaner.

    • @centamangila1217
      @centamangila1217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Or better yet, used vegetable oil. US Sugar Corporation in Florida is using it to power their steam locomotive, former Florida East Coast 148, and soon former Atlantic Coast Line 1504.

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Always good to restore a legendary old iron.

  • @Fleetwoodjohn
    @Fleetwoodjohn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a GREAT project! 😎

  • @stephaniegee227
    @stephaniegee227 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is the train that was at Centennial Park for years? LOVED that one. Multiple generations here visited it.

  • @elleryparsons2433
    @elleryparsons2433 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love to See and Hear she’s Coming Back.

  • @WideWorldofTrains
    @WideWorldofTrains 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very Cool

  • @robertlucido3686
    @robertlucido3686 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Any further word on the turn table they planned on installing to turn 576 around on excursions, also, will 576 operate anywhere else

  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome news, hope it goes well!

  • @ryandavis7593
    @ryandavis7593 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    News seems to have forgotten some major English lessons.
    Who, what, when, where and why.
    News stations always assume we know where they are reporting from.
    In today’s Information Age a key point is we don’t know who you are unless you tell us.
    Greetings from the high plains of Texas.

  • @rosiebaybie6245
    @rosiebaybie6245 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes!!! Thank you!!!! YESSSSS!!!

  • @NW-gi1cp
    @NW-gi1cp ปีที่แล้ว +4

    *sniff sniff* it's beautiful 🥺

  • @roywimsett2880
    @roywimsett2880 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Need to run it down through Easley South Carolina when it's done. We would enjoy seeing the 576.

    • @Shadowtiger2564
      @Shadowtiger2564 ปีที่แล้ว

      From speaking to members working on it, Davidson County still owns it and it's part of the agreement it has to be housed in Davidson County.
      I'm not sure if they're going to allow it to travel

    • @NashvilleSteam
      @NashvilleSteam ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Shadowtiger2564 we can travel!

  • @princessofthecape2078
    @princessofthecape2078 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4-8-4s bore the hell out of me. And it's all we seem to restore in the U.S.

  • @matthewparriott
    @matthewparriott ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Y'all need to do more 576 stories just for the TH-cam views! 😂

  • @thomasdeturk5142
    @thomasdeturk5142 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Boomers were infants and toddlers when steam locomotives were taken out of service.

  • @Prolificposter
    @Prolificposter ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do “news” people always refer to a locomotive as a “train?”
    .

    • @Ellaamericasbestdecapod
      @Ellaamericasbestdecapod ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They aren’t railfans

    • @diddlebug7241
      @diddlebug7241 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They’re also speaking out of ignorance too.

    • @Ellaamericasbestdecapod
      @Ellaamericasbestdecapod ปีที่แล้ว

      @@diddlebug7241 facts

    • @doge_sevens
      @doge_sevens ปีที่แล้ว

      because to the general public, "train" is the locomotive, its easier for them to get more publicity

    • @Ellaamericasbestdecapod
      @Ellaamericasbestdecapod ปีที่แล้ว

      @@doge_sevens man people are dumb lol (LISTEN ITS A JOKE)

  • @larry3034
    @larry3034 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would like to see a statue of Paul Rubin's character (Pee Wee Herman) placed on I 65 where the ugly statue of Nation Bedford Forrest was. He would welcome people to Nashville with love and kindness.❤❤❤

  • @trisb0999
    @trisb0999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maybe the operation of this loco will encourage movement on a commuter rail or amtrak connection in Nashville

  • @matismf
    @matismf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How do steam locomotives deal with PTC? Isn't that totally required on every mainline train in the US today?

    • @thatoneguy611
      @thatoneguy611 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They slap a diesel locomotive behind it and call it a day

    • @caseywedel1969
      @caseywedel1969 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Big Boy has it installed. I know the 844 was MU equipped so Steve Lee could control the diesels when needed for assistance or Dyno’s for braking. It is interesting that electronic technology can be seamlessly incorporated into steam technology nowadays.

  • @mikeglenn3333
    @mikeglenn3333 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's a locomotive not a train

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It still applies as a train whether or Not Rolling stock is behind it, The term train is also used for the Locomotive.

    • @timmytheclipartkid378
      @timmytheclipartkid378 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh shut up mate

  • @CPKCRAILROAD
    @CPKCRAILROAD ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can’t wait to run it

  • @CreachterZ
    @CreachterZ ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very cool.

  • @svenmartin840
    @svenmartin840 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wonder if that old gal was a Louisville and Nashville or Southern or Frisco locomotive. And these guys are probably working on their great-grandfathers train. Thinking about the guys who worked on her before

    • @ronselliers6951
      @ronselliers6951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was built for the Tennessee Central.

    • @didyou555
      @didyou555 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was built for the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway (N.C.& St.L.)

    • @williammacdonald3173
      @williammacdonald3173 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ronselliers6951NC&STL

    • @svenmartin840
      @svenmartin840 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@didyou555 The Frisco

    • @didyou555
      @didyou555 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @svenmartin840 Where'd you get Frisco from? The 576 was built for the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis to haul freight and passenger. By this time, the N.C.& St.L. was partially owned by the L&N and, finally, in 1957, merged into the Seaboard, then to CSX.

  • @michaelhayes1340
    @michaelhayes1340 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glory day

  • @blackbars5261
    @blackbars5261 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The whistle world sound like like the loudest one is

  • @Flutronko
    @Flutronko 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finally some good fuckin news.

  • @machoman5356
    @machoman5356 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is beautiful train

  • @mariestick6636
    @mariestick6636 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    NexNext goal get new York central 3001 running again

  • @aired-downdisconnected4125
    @aired-downdisconnected4125 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this the Orange blossom special .😉

  • @raymondleggs5508
    @raymondleggs5508 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Giant locomotive

  • @scottwilliamtoombs
    @scottwilliamtoombs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    🤠💁‍♂Man. I have to plate that cast iron.
    🤔💁‍♂Like? Bronze is a case metal, no: plateable, I think..?

  • @pickle4034
    @pickle4034 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Epic.

  • @rogerlollar4325
    @rogerlollar4325 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    576 is his baby

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's an engine, or, if you want to use big words, a locomotive.
    Anyway, good luck to these guys.

  • @pmsteamrailroading
    @pmsteamrailroading ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another TH-cam channel is rebuilding the stoker engine.

  • @mariestick6636
    @mariestick6636 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Next goal get new York central 3001 back to life

  • @maxwellwalcher6420
    @maxwellwalcher6420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    she's gonna be steamed again.

  • @jockellis
    @jockellis ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Instead of asbestos insulating the boiler, I’d use woven Kevlar. Donning such a work glove and then a rubber glove will allow a person to stick their hand in 170 F water and seemingly never get hot. I had our cute EHS officer do it and she wanted to stick her hand in the ultrasonic tank again.

  • @Fedora5957
    @Fedora5957 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What you have here is NOT a train Mister announcer. It is a RR locomotive.

  • @illuminaughty2929
    @illuminaughty2929 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What happened to the paint?

    • @centamangila1217
      @centamangila1217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don't worry, they'll paint it back after all the work on it is done.

  • @J50Fan20
    @J50Fan20 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YES
    OH GOD YES

  • @scotthamp384
    @scotthamp384 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I cringe, almost start crying, when I see those beauties being left the rust and worse, getting dismantled. I don't care what anyone says, they have souls. So, when they got dismantled, the people who did it were committing murder

  • @rbranch5728
    @rbranch5728 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yippee

  • @seankaiser2505
    @seankaiser2505 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Locomotive. Not a train. I know this comment is annoying but that terminology is just wrong

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's wrong either way, the term train Could apply to Locomotive and Rolling stock Both.

    • @timmytheclipartkid378
      @timmytheclipartkid378 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nerd 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 sit down and shut it

  • @HubbardstonBased
    @HubbardstonBased 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @mickclay-vx1sx
    @mickclay-vx1sx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cut it up for scrap

    • @timmytheclipartkid378
      @timmytheclipartkid378 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes

    • @Toledo1940
      @Toledo1940 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @#&*!!!

    • @J.MBevinton-Locomotive_317.
      @J.MBevinton-Locomotive_317. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@timmytheclipartkid378nah I disagree you 🚫👎🏻

    • @CrossOfBayonne
      @CrossOfBayonne หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope it's coming back to the rails

    • @williammacdonald3173
      @williammacdonald3173 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope. We need to preserve our history for future generations to enjoy. She's the last locomotive from that railroad so thus should be preserved. I dislike people like you as a historian