As mentioned in our episode about NC&StL’s 4 8 4 Dixie type locomotives the 576 was part of the Jthree fifty seven class of locomotives of the 4 8 4s that the railroad owned. The J three fifty seven Class was the improved version of the previous class being the class J2 57 produced in 1930 by Alco’s Schenectady shops and delivered to the NC&StL the same year. However, the locomotives were delivered during the Great Depression and only 5 J2 57s were built from engine numbers five sixty five to...