Texas & Pacific 2-8-2 #400- Today

These are some photos of Texas & Pacific Passenger 2-8-2 #400 today.The 400 was called the Moccasin because it was one of the last steam locomotive used on T&P and could drag diesels out of standing water. It was on display in a park for about one week, where it was photographed by me an compiled into a slideshow for y'all. It is now outside the T&P Museum (see my video, Texas & Pacific Depot and Station: Marshall, TX). Enjoy!

Edit:
I have since been informed by joneau261 that this was ex- Fort Worth and Denver ( (a subsidiary of the CB&Q "Burlington Route")

joneau261: Not quite... it was FW&D 410 until T&P bought it in 1957. Her purpose of rescuing diesels through floodwaters caused her to not be retired until 1961. It looks like it's been a little weathered since then...

Thanks for all the great comments! Keep them up!

This Slideshow was made in March '08. In early April, they moved her, using 3 flatbed trucks and a couple of cranes, to next to the old Union Pacific wide-vision caboose at the old restored Texas and Pacific Railway depot / Museum at Marshall, Texas.

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[SP4449Warbaby]

Is this a cosmetic restoration or restoration to operating condition?

[TexasPacific]

cosmetic, but they might get her steaming again if a Shreveport movie needs a steam shot. ;)

[mardechris]

Wow! Outstanding video. We are the crazy bunch of people that you show looking in the front of the boiler in some of your pictures.

They have started doing some sandblasting on her. Restoration work is slow but continuing.

I have started to collect any pictures or articles on the T & P #400 and her previous life as FW & D #410. She lived a fairly normal life as a steam engine. Her moment of fame was documented in the August 1957 issue of Trains magazine!!!

[TexasPacific]

Awesome! How long is she mentioned in the August 1957 Trains mag?

[Quazii01]

The 400 has since been moved by flat bed to the restored Marshall Depot. As I understand it plans are being made to restore it to static display condition. She once had a shed built around her to protect the public from her aging asbestos jacket. The shed was taken down and the asbestos removed.

[TexasPacific]

Yes, I took the photos after they tore down the shed, but before they moved her.

[RedtailFox1]

It is sad to see her like this. I see many Steam Locomotives in this condition. We all can hope that they return to the rails.

[VFB1210]

So ill-maintained...

Gone are the ill-fated days of steam power, never to return again. The living, breathing leviathans of the rails have slipped into an eternal slumber, only to be a fading memory...

Great pics and a great choice of music, Paul.

[srt6diesel]

i remember playing on that thing back in the 80's when i was a kid and nobody knew the effects of asbestos

[GeileSexyZeiten]

Very interesting info! Never knew T&P had this steamer! So this realy might have been the very last active T&P steamer if it was retired in 1961...

[spacetownman]

What a shame that such an awesome piece of machinery had been relegated to being a static display. To restore it and bring it back to its former glory would cost a fortune, not to mention a challenging task to find those with forgotten skills to make such an engineering marvel as this one roar back to life.

[TheRichRobloxian]

Why not mueseums? Why parks where they are rusted and destroyed?

[TVRM610]

So, Texas State Railroad doesn't own the 400 anymore?

[ELMSLines]

I hope that they end up restoring that engine, trains are historic, and more, but it makes me sad to see one falling apart like this.

[Politcalamity]

I must be mixing this engine up with the Texas State Railroad #400. I was looking at her and saying to myself "this locomotive couldn't look THAT bad already". lol

[gaycowboy31]

have you seen it since it was moved to the marshal depot I see it all the time while on the Amtrak and wonder if they will at least cosmeticlly restore it right now it looks so derelect

[atsf3415dbr]

They shouldn't just let her rust away like that.