Just found the Facebook page for this restoration group, and it says no tornado damage.
"Nashville Steam
March 3 at 9:22 AM
Thank you to all who have checked in with us after the severe weather last night. We are thankful to report that No. 576, the building, and all of our equipment are safe and suffered no damage."
"Nashville Steam
March 5 at 7:30 AM ·
After the last few days in Nashville I think we could all use some good news! NSPS volunteers and experts in the rail preservation industry were onsite over the last several weeks evaluating the condition of No. 576's boiler. (Spoiler alert: early signs are very good!)."
In this video, Gary Bens. says a few words about the project: [
www.facebook.com]
PS. Further west, there are some other big locos probably a lot easier to get running: Cotton Belt 819, T&P 610, Frisco 1522. I'm puzzled why no one works on these?