tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post5681918526741844041..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: N.C.&St.L. 576Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-74742164650195720572010-10-21T22:14:58.323-05:002010-10-21T22:14:58.323-05:00One of the more ironic points is that I went to un...One of the more ironic points is that I went to undergrad at Western Kentucky University, which is only 65 miles up the road in Bowling Green. The entire 4 years I was in undergrad, I never came to see the locomotive. Only now, 8 years later do I finally get to see it.David Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420287033827174299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-13043501820454139492010-10-21T20:10:56.504-05:002010-10-21T20:10:56.504-05:00You're right, Centennial Park is unique. Want...You're right, Centennial Park is unique. Want to see my pictures of the Parthenon???Randall Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246581917018679919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-13172820662903944222010-10-21T18:59:21.025-05:002010-10-21T18:59:21.025-05:00Randy,
I used to go visit family in Nashvill...Randy,<br /> I used to go visit family in Nashville, Centennial Park is quite a place. The 576 is the first large steam locomotive I ever visited, played on. i am glad to see that it has been given a cover! They have turned down a couple of attempts to revive the locomotive for operation, so it is good for it to be under a cover!<br /><br />Ted MilesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-75781640550757496082010-10-21T12:16:23.957-05:002010-10-21T12:16:23.957-05:00It's really amazing to me how much learning ta...It's really amazing to me how much learning takes play while reading this blog. It's as educational as it is entertaining. Thanks to the webmasters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-34857794115790953632010-10-20T20:01:14.593-05:002010-10-20T20:01:14.593-05:00David Morgan spent some of his formative years in ...David Morgan spent some of his formative years in Louisville, and I believe was a graduate of Louisville's Male High School. That probably explains his interest in southern railroading. Like Mr. Morgan, I grew up in Kentucky, and my non-traction railroading interest still resides in that region. <br /><br />I like how the NC even put a capped smoke stack on their most modern power. I'm not sure the NC even had USRA power, but this practice continued right until the end. <br /><br />Evidently, the NC's parent, the L&N considered purchasing these locomotives in the early 1950s. Discussions got as far as sending mechanical forces to the West Nashville shops to examine the locomotives. In the end, the L&N chose diesels, and the rest is history...David Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420287033827174299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-10161862526463297132010-10-20T18:54:24.737-05:002010-10-20T18:54:24.737-05:00Her clean lines are appealing. Every time I see he...Her clean lines are appealing. Every time I see her I think of David P Morgan and his fondness for Southern based railroads, and how much he had a taste and keen sensibility for then vanishing history..sometimes I wonder as he schooled so many of us, that his ability to capture the flavor of steam in words perhaps resulted in a ground swell of these now fairly common efforts in preservation. Thanks for posting this.Bruce Duensinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770861553045757360noreply@blogger.com