The Port of South Texas is an on-going expansion to the SA&N RR. Members continue to work on and expand this new area of the layout. With most tracks installed, 2025 should see the addition of more structures and scenery. Check this page again, as pictures will be added thru the year as work continues.

2022 - initial work was started on the Port scene, with clearing the area, painting walls and bench work 2023 - most tracks were installed and various areas of this new scene were test fit and refined 2024 - with tracks in, work on buildings and scenery started, the Port is starting to take shape

As the San Antonio & Northern Railroad layout was being planned it was determined a seaport scene would be desirable. A stub-end lead was installed off the mainline behind San Antonio Yard during the initial building of that area, for the future Port scene. It is easy to say the Port scene has been a wish since the inception of the SA&N layout. The original plan was to follow the path of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. Once construction of the main trackage of SA&N was nearing completion, it was decided to begin the Port scene. Contact was made with the Port of Corpus Christi and information was sent to SAMRA from the year 1959 showing the commodities and types of cars that entered and exited the port. That information was used as the basis for types of cars and their movement in the Port Of South Texas. The final plan for the Port was to have been based on the Port of Corpus Christi, but being unable to model it accurately, we chose to build a generic port that would encompass the Texas coast. The Bascule Bridge well known in Corpus Christi has been modeled. Galveston had a rail car float at one time and that has been modeled as well. Chemical and oil industries are represented as well as barge traffic for the intercoastal waterway. A small freighter ship is unloading goods at one of the many piers. One of the more enjoyable parts of building the Port has been studying the history of the industries that made up a Texas seaport. Our attempt to show those industries will hopefully make the Port Of South Texas interesting to view for our visitors and members as well as an exciting area to operate model trains.

The Port of South Texas is an on-going expansion to the SA&N RR. Members continue to work on and expand this new area of the layout. With most tracks installed, 2025 should see the addition of more structures and scenery. Check this page again, as pictures will be added thru the year as work continues.

2022 - initial work was started on the Port scene, with clearing the area, painting walls and bench work 2023 - most tracks were installed and various areas of this new scene were test fit and refined 2024 - with tracks in, work on buildings and scenery started, the Port is starting to take shape

As the San Antonio & Northern Railroad layout was being planned it was determined a seaport scene would be desirable. A stub-end lead was installed off the mainline behind San Antonio Yard during the initial building of that area, for the future Port scene. It is easy to say the Port scene has been a wish since the inception of the SA&N layout. The original plan was to follow the path of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway. Once construction of the main trackage of SA&N was nearing completion, it was decided to begin the Port scene. Contact was made with the Port of Corpus Christi and information was sent to SAMRA from the year 1959 showing the commodities and types of cars that entered and exited the port. That information was used as the basis for types of cars and their movement in the Port Of South Texas. The final plan for the Port was to have been based on the Port of Corpus Christi, but being unable to model it accurately, we chose to build a generic port that would encompass the Texas coast. The Bascule Bridge well known in Corpus Christi has been modeled. Galveston had a rail car float at one time and that has been modeled as well. Chemical and oil industries are represented as well as barge traffic for the intercoastal waterway. A small freighter ship is unloading goods at one of the many piers. One of the more enjoyable parts of building the Port has been studying the history of the industries that made up a Texas seaport. Our attempt to show those industries will hopefully make the Port Of South Texas interesting to view for our visitors and members as well as an exciting area to operate model trains.