4-8-4 ALCO STEAM TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE RESTORATION PROJECT VINTAGE 576 HAT CAP NEW!

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Our PREMIUM hat! We've added a small red/white NSPS logo to the right side of the hat.
576 high thread count stitching on front, deluxe metal adjustment clip; excess strap neatly tucks away inside the hat.
NSPS bowtie logo over right ear, NSPS website stitched above arch in back, gold beading on bill.
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 ismoving FULL STEAM AHEAD! Non-Amtrak dependent!
Currentlyunder restoration in Nashville’s Centennial Park, this massive ALCO-built4-8-4, number 576 (formerly of NC&StL and L&N railroads) is preparingfor a move to Nashville’s Tennessee Central Railroad Museum, where she will befully restored as an OPERATING, COAL BURNING STEAM LOCOMOTIVE! Onceoperational, the 576 will head excursions, pulling vintage TCRM passenger cars,on the 130 mile-long Nashville and Eastern Railroad, which currently operatesbetween Nashville and Monterey, Tennessee! Locals will recognize the route asthe same one that the Music City Star commuter train currently uses.
Afteronly 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 fromthe factory in 1942. Your purchase from this EBay site helps restore thishistorically significant, “Made in USA” big steam machine! On behalf of theNashville Steam Preservation Society, a non-profit all volunteer effort, a bigTHANK YOU for viewing our fund-raising EBay merchandise. Please keep up withour progress on our website or Nashville Steam on Facebook. We hope to see yousoon in Nashville!
-Julie