Historic Nashville Steam Locomotive hits significant moment in restoration efforts

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  • Опубліковано 31 лип 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 10 місяців тому +35

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

    • @steadyrest7048
      @steadyrest7048 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @edwardstrishock8541
    @edwardstrishock8541 10 місяців тому +17

    Preserving our history = priceless

  • @allanliversidge9827
    @allanliversidge9827 10 місяців тому +38

    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👌

  • @joegongora2200
    @joegongora2200 10 місяців тому +18

    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 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @Sj27m
    @Sj27m 10 місяців тому +18

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

  • @tomy.1846
    @tomy.1846 10 місяців тому +15

    Awesome!!! Hope it goes well!

  • @walkinbeauty7273
    @walkinbeauty7273 10 місяців тому +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 10 місяців тому +2

      I’m definitely revisiting it upon its return

    • @walkinbeauty7273
      @walkinbeauty7273 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @RabbitWatchShop
      @RabbitWatchShop 10 місяців тому

      I'm not sure. @@walkinbeauty7273

    • @eliyahtherailfanner131
      @eliyahtherailfanner131 10 місяців тому +2

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

    • @NashvilleSteam
      @NashvilleSteam 10 місяців тому +4

      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.

  • @stephenhudson8739
    @stephenhudson8739 10 місяців тому +9

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

    • @ronselliers6951
      @ronselliers6951 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @stephenhudson8739
      @stephenhudson8739 10 місяців тому

      Okay I stand corrected

    • @philipwilson867
      @philipwilson867 10 місяців тому

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

    • @timmytheclipartkid378
      @timmytheclipartkid378 10 місяців тому

      Go sit down and shut up mate

  • @notnightfury6088
    @notnightfury6088 10 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @WideWorldofTrains
    @WideWorldofTrains 10 місяців тому +2

    Very Cool

  • @diddlebug7241
    @diddlebug7241 10 місяців тому +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.

  • @christopherkrebill7663
    @christopherkrebill7663 10 місяців тому +2

    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!

  • @alanl.simmons9726
    @alanl.simmons9726 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @philipwilson867
    @philipwilson867 10 місяців тому +5

    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!!!

  • @adriaanboogaard8571
    @adriaanboogaard8571 10 місяців тому +5

    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.

  • @Wolfewriter83
    @Wolfewriter83 10 місяців тому +1

    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.

  • @stephaniegee227
    @stephaniegee227 10 місяців тому +6

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

  • @CSXRailfanBrony-ChessieDayligh
    @CSXRailfanBrony-ChessieDayligh 10 місяців тому +5

    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 10 місяців тому

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

    • @joegongora2200
      @joegongora2200 10 місяців тому +1

      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.

  • @toddschmidt206
    @toddschmidt206 10 місяців тому +4

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

  • @MySteamChannel
    @MySteamChannel 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome stuff! Greets from Australia.

  • @Froggyman145
    @Froggyman145 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @larry3034
    @larry3034 10 місяців тому +1

    That train is important to Nashville history.❤❤❤

  • @elleryparsons2433
    @elleryparsons2433 10 місяців тому +2

    Love to See and Hear she’s Coming Back.

  • @joshkeene8457
    @joshkeene8457 10 місяців тому +1

    Now this is something worth funding for

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 10 місяців тому +3

    Always good to restore a legendary old iron.

  • @jbrunsonjr
    @jbrunsonjr 10 місяців тому +1

    Love it!! Keep the updates coming!!

  • @Middlesbrough250
    @Middlesbrough250 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @KieranMckean
    @KieranMckean 10 місяців тому +3

    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 . 🚂

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 10 місяців тому +13

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

    • @NightmareKato
      @NightmareKato 10 місяців тому

      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 4 місяці тому

      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.

  • @Fleetwoodjohn
    @Fleetwoodjohn 10 місяців тому +1

    This is a GREAT project! 😎

  • @rosiebaybie6245
    @rosiebaybie6245 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @NW-gi1cp
    @NW-gi1cp 10 місяців тому +3

    *sniff sniff* it's beautiful 🥺

  • @princessofthecape2078
    @princessofthecape2078 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @robertlucido3686
    @robertlucido3686 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Paducahandlouisville
    @Paducahandlouisville 10 місяців тому +1

    I can’t wait to run it

  • @brianfalzon6739
    @brianfalzon6739 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome news, hope it goes well!

  • @loganbloom6191
    @loganbloom6191 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @roywimsett2880
    @roywimsett2880 10 місяців тому +2

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

    • @Shadowtiger2564
      @Shadowtiger2564 10 місяців тому

      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 10 місяців тому

      @@Shadowtiger2564 we can travel!

  • @CreachterZ
    @CreachterZ 10 місяців тому +3

    Very cool.

  • @ryandavis7593
    @ryandavis7593 10 місяців тому +2

    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.

  • @mikeglenn3333
    @mikeglenn3333 10 місяців тому +5

    It's a locomotive not a train

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans 10 місяців тому +1

      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 10 місяців тому

      Oh shut up mate

  • @Prolificposter
    @Prolificposter 10 місяців тому +4

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

    • @Ellaamericasbestdecapod
      @Ellaamericasbestdecapod 10 місяців тому +2

      They aren’t railfans

    • @diddlebug7241
      @diddlebug7241 10 місяців тому +1

      They’re also speaking out of ignorance too.

    • @Ellaamericasbestdecapod
      @Ellaamericasbestdecapod 10 місяців тому

      @@diddlebug7241 facts

    • @doge_sevens
      @doge_sevens 10 місяців тому

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

    • @Ellaamericasbestdecapod
      @Ellaamericasbestdecapod 10 місяців тому

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

  • @thomasdeturk5142
    @thomasdeturk5142 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @raymondleggs5508
    @raymondleggs5508 10 місяців тому +1

    Giant locomotive

  • @rogerlollar4325
    @rogerlollar4325 10 місяців тому +2

    576 is his baby

  • @Flutronko
    @Flutronko 10 місяців тому +1

    Finally some good fuckin news.

  • @matthewparriott
    @matthewparriott 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @machoman5356
    @machoman5356 10 місяців тому +1

    Is beautiful train

  • @pmsteamrailroading
    @pmsteamrailroading 10 місяців тому +2

    Another UA-cam channel is rebuilding the stoker engine.

  • @pickle4034
    @pickle4034 10 місяців тому +1

    Epic.

  • @aired-downdisconnected4125
    @aired-downdisconnected4125 10 місяців тому +1

    Is this the Orange blossom special .😉

  • @trisb0999
    @trisb0999 2 місяці тому

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

  • @mariestick6636
    @mariestick6636 10 місяців тому +1

    NexNext goal get new York central 3001 running again

  • @michaelhayes1340
    @michaelhayes1340 10 місяців тому +1

    Glory day

  • @tvokidsctheanimator264
    @tvokidsctheanimator264 Місяць тому

    The whistle world sound like like the loudest one is

  • @svenmartin840
    @svenmartin840 10 місяців тому +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 10 місяців тому +1

      It was built for the Tennessee Central.

    • @didyou555
      @didyou555 10 місяців тому +4

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

    • @williammacdonald3173
      @williammacdonald3173 10 місяців тому

      ​@@ronselliers6951NC&STL

    • @svenmartin840
      @svenmartin840 10 місяців тому

      @@didyou555 The Frisco

    • @didyou555
      @didyou555 10 місяців тому

      @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.

  • @matismf
    @matismf 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @thatoneguy611
      @thatoneguy611 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @caseywedel1969
      @caseywedel1969 10 місяців тому

      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.

  • @wirelesmike73
    @wirelesmike73 10 місяців тому +1

    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. 🥲

  • @J50Fan20
    @J50Fan20 10 місяців тому +2

    YES
    OH GOD YES

  • @larry3034
    @larry3034 10 місяців тому +1

    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.❤❤❤

  • @scottwilliamtoombs
    @scottwilliamtoombs 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 10 місяців тому +1

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

  • @maxwellwalcher6420
    @maxwellwalcher6420 10 місяців тому +1

    she's gonna be steamed again.

  • @mariestick6636
    @mariestick6636 10 місяців тому +1

    Next goal get new York central 3001 back to life

  • @illuminaughty2929
    @illuminaughty2929 10 місяців тому +1

    What happened to the paint?

    • @centamangila1217
      @centamangila1217 4 місяці тому

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

  • @jockellis
    @jockellis 10 місяців тому +4

    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 9 місяців тому

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

  • @rbranch5728
    @rbranch5728 10 місяців тому +1

    Yippee

  • @HubbardstonBased
    @HubbardstonBased 10 місяців тому +1

    REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @seankaiser2505
    @seankaiser2505 10 місяців тому +3

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

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans 10 місяців тому +1

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

    • @timmytheclipartkid378
      @timmytheclipartkid378 10 місяців тому

      Nerd 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 sit down and shut it

  • @scotthamp384
    @scotthamp384 7 місяців тому

    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

  • @mickclay-vx1sx
    @mickclay-vx1sx 10 місяців тому +1

    Cut it up for scrap