Proceeds from the sale of this item benefit non-profit 501c(3) Nashville Steam Preservation Society, bringing a 1942 steam locomotive back to life! Please see all the pics!
Our partners at Case have incorporated a custom laser etching of the NC&StL 576 into this beautiful Case knife display and can also be used as an HO scale display! (The knife holding magnets can be removed using pliers). The base is made with stained white walnut wood, Plexiglass cover and has magnetic posts to hold six knives. Blue LEDs illuminate a stunning image that seems to float in 3D against the Plexiglass back! Beautiful when illuminated or not! BRAND NEW IN ORIGINAL FACTORY BOX.
Artwork by NSPS volunteer Kirt Odle. Concept design by NSPS volunteer Wes Hardin.
Knives pictured not included. Base dimensions: 16.88″ x4.63″ x 0.88″. Dome dimensions: 16″ x 4.75″ x 6″. Weight: 6 lbs. Boxed.
Proceeds from the sale of this item help bringing the 576 back to life!
Case Sku # 70632
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UPDATED 7/11/2023 -
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—The World War II-era steam locomotive currently under restoration after 65 years in Nashville’s Centennial Park got a big boost, thanks to two cranes that suspended its 220,000 pounds approximately eighteen feet in the air. The locomotive’s wheels and trucks – the same ones made famous as a backdrop to a photograph of Johnny Cash on the cover of Life Magazine in 1969 – were reinstalled after undergoing repair work for more than two years.
“We’ve now entered the reassembly phase of the restoration,” Shane Meador said. “It will start to look like a locomotive again.” The organization hopes to complete a hydrostatic test of the boiler by the end of the year with steam tests to follow in 2024. “It’s been 70 years since No. 576 entered retirement in Centennial Park, and after nearly 5 years of work, we can’t wait to experience her encore performance.
UPDATED 6/17/2021 – Nashville Steam Successfully Lifts No. 576,Removes Wheels for Refurbishment!
Thanks to help from project sponsor Clark Crane, FMWSolutions, and Nashville Steam volunteers, No. 576 is one major step closer toreturning to operation. After a few weeks of prep work, two cranes lifted the220,000-lb steam engine approximately ten feet in the air to provide enoughclearance to remove the wheels for inspections and repairs. The whole processtook a little less than 3 hours. “We can’t thank Clark Crane enough for theirhelp and support in lifting No. 576,” said Nashville Steam CommunicationsManager Joey Bryan, “their expertise and attention to details made the wholeexperience very easy.” While the locomotive was airborne, the trailing truck,driver wheels, and pilot wheels were removed one at a time. Each driver wheelwas dragged using a telehandler rather than rolled due to the lack of side rodsacting as a balance to the counterweights. The engine was then lowered ontofour steel pedestals. The driver wheels will be sent to the Tennessee ValleyRailroad Museum in Chattanooga where they have the special machinery needed andFMW Solutions will perform the repairs and needed maintenance.
UPDATED 1/7/2019 – The Nashville Steam Preservation Society (NSPS) announced that former Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (NC&StL) steam locomotive No. 576 will make its long anticipated move from Centennial Park and back to live rails on Sunday, January 13, 2019. This effort is the culmination of more than two years of fundraising and volunteer labor, and it will be accomplished by hauling the locomotive and tender nearly two miles down some of the busiest streets in Nashville on specially-equipped, multi-wheeled trailers. The move of No. 576 will enable NSPS to undertake an in-depth, multi-year overhaul to return the locomotive to operational condition, after which point it will pull excursion trains for the general public on the Nashville & Eastern Railroad, between Nashville and easterly communities including Lebanon, Watertown and Cookeville.
UPDATED 4/3/2018 - This 4-8-4 steam locomotive restoration is moving FULL STEAM AHEAD! Non-Amtrak dependent!
Currently under restoration in Nashville’s Centennial Park, this massive ALCO-built4-8-4, number 576 (formerly of NC&StL and L&N railroads) is preparing for a move to Nashville’s Tennessee Central Railroad Museum, where she will be fully restored as an OPERATING, COAL BURNING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE! Once operational, the 576 will head excursions, pulling vintage TCRM passenger cars, on the 130 mile-long Nashville and Eastern Railroad, which currently operates between Nashville and Monterey, Tennessee! Locals will recognize the route as the same one that the Music City Star commuter train currently uses.
After only 11 years of service, 576 was placed in Nashville’s Centennial Park in 1953and was lovingly cared for by the City of Nashville and its citizens. The 576was designed in Nashville and has called Music City home since delivery from the factory in 1942. Your purchase from this EBay site helps restore this historically significant, “Made in USA” big steam machine! On behalf of the Nashville Steam Preservation Society, a non-profit all volunteer effort, a big THANK YOU for viewing our fund-raising EBay merchandise. Please keep up with our progress on our website or Nashville Steam on Facebook. We hope to see you soon in Nashville!