{"id":4615,"date":"2026-01-04T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:49:23","slug":"tp-steamer-331-running-extra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2026\/01\/04\/tp-steamer-331-running-extra\/","title":{"rendered":"T&P Steamer #331 Running Extra"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the year 1936, A.E. Brown recorded this view of Texas & Pacific locomotive #331 as she was running extra with a short freight. The location is east of the Cedar Grove tower located in Louisiana. Looking at the 1948 railroad Atlas, I see that the T&P crossed both the Southern Pacific and the Kansas City Southern in a place called Cedar Grove. This is now within the greater Shreveport area. I’m speculating that the tower was likely at one of those crossings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I really like this scene, both the little train itself, and the countryside where it’s running. This is the flavor that I’m hoping to capture on my Louisiana Central<\/em> model railroad pike that is presently under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The #331 is a 4-6-0 “ten-wheeler” and she is an oil-burning, Class D-9 built by A.L. Cooke in May of 1903. She ran with a 200 psi boiler pressure feeding her 20″x26″ cylinders, those powering the 63″ drivers. She had a tractive effort of 28,000 lbs. I’ve seen photos of several of her sisters that had been out-shopped at some point, receiving piston valve cylinders and new outside valve gear. Some had their headlight location moved to the center of the smokebox door. I can’t say whether the #331 received that upgrade in its later years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This photograph is part of the Louis Saillard collection that is being uploaded to the flickr<\/a><\/em><\/strong> website by Tony Howe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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