Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis RR 4-8-4 No. 576
Nashville, Tennessee, United States 		Location: Tennessee Central Railway Museum
Status: Restoration
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Posted: Jan 9, 2019 @ 13:01:15 by
576 is currently being moved out of the park to be transported by road to the Nashville and Eastern, then onto the Nashville and Western to start restoration.
Posted: May 12, 2016 @ 18:05:42 by
A few weeks ago, the Nashville Steam Preservation Society announced plans to lease and move 576 to the Tennessee Central Railway Museum for a possible restoration. They plan to remove her to coincide with the renovation of Centennial Park.
Posted: Oct 12, 2011 @ 13:10:37 by andrew dorsey
nc&stl 576 may be moved to tennessee central railway museum nashville to be restored
Posted: Nov 30, 2006 @ 09:11:47 by Andrew Durden

Bill Purdie of the Southern Railway Steam Department inspected this locomotive in the 1970's and the Southern tried to acquire it.  TVRM also tried to aquire the locomotive around the same time.  Apparently the competition over the locomotive gave the City Fathers of Nashville the idea that they had a hot commodity and they either raised the asking price to a great degree or decided that the engine should remain in the park.  Shame, she would probably be preserved in a "real" museum today had she gotten out in the 70's.

Posted: Sep 8, 2005 @ 19:09:36 by peter m. preston
The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad bought five 4-8-4 locomotives in 1930, which they called Dixies instead of Northerns. These 1930's Dixies came from American Locomotive Company and were designed Class J-2 and assigned road numbers (565-569). In 1942 and 43, another 20 Class J-3 Dixies road numbers (570-589) came from Alco and were very similar to the Class J-2 except that they weighed 20,000 pounds heavier.

There is one surviving NC&StL Dixie, No. 576. During the 1970's when planning for the Bicentennial Train was taking place, No.576 was considered as power for the eastern tour of the American Freedom Train but it was decided that it was not heavy enough and Reading 2101 was selected instead.

Posted: Nov 15, 2004 @ 14:11:07 by Ben Barton

All of the fencing around the locomotive is gone, as is the walkway allowing access to the cab which is closed off with metal gate.  A protective cover has been built over the locomotive.