{"id":4655,"date":"2026-01-25T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=4655"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T19:43:25","slug":"a-tp-steamer-at-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2026\/01\/25\/a-tp-steamer-at-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"A T&amp;P Steamer at Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Several weeks ago I posted a photograph of Texas &amp; Pacific steam locomotive #331.  The locomotive was a Class D-9 built by A.L. Cooke in May of 1903, and the image was taken in 1939 with the locomotive shown in its as-built condition.  Most of the Class D-9s were upgraded in later years, but I found no evidence that the #331 received those upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her sister locomotive, the #332, however did receive those upgrades.  The photograph below is undated, but shows how she looked after receiving piston valves and new outside valve gear. She also got a new headlight mounted on the smokebox front, and &#8220;stairs&#8221; from the pilot deck up to the running boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TP-332-Steam-Loco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TP-332-Steam-Loco.jpg\" alt=\"T&amp;P 4-6-0 steam locomotive #332\" class=\"wp-image-4636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TP-332-Steam-Loco.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TP-332-Steam-Loco-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TP-332-Steam-Loco-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TP-332-Steam-Loco-437x300.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I really like this shot, apparently taken while pacing the train.  The blurred foreground and trees in the background really give the locomotive a sense of speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately the photographer of this great scene is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several weeks ago I posted a photograph of Texas &amp; Pacific steam locomotive #331. The locomotive was a Class D-9 built by A.L. Cooke in May of 1903, and the image was taken in 1939 with the locomotive shown in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2026\/01\/25\/a-tp-steamer-at-speed\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos-i-like","category-railfanning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4655"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4662,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions\/4662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}