The Kerrville Branch

Camp Stanley to Kerrville, TX

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This railway line, ultimately between San Antonio and Kerrville, was built by the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in 1887. The Southern Pacific Railroad gained control of the SA&AP in 1925, and eventually merged it into its Texas and New Orleans Railway subsidiary in 1934.

Southern Pacific filed to abandon the line in 1969.

The original passenger station at Kerrville, built in 1887, burn... — The original passenger station at Kerrville, built in 1887, burned down in 1912, and was replaced with this masonry version in 1914. It still exists today as a restaurant. (Submitted by Patrick Posso)

An SA&AP steam locomotive having operated on the SA&AP. (Submitted by Patrick Posso)

The Kerrville goods depot and lumber yard building. (Submitted by Patrick Posso)

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Southern Pacific Railroad
Docket: 25814	8/11/1969	Section: 1(18)
Applic. for auth. to abandon part of the Kerrville Branch, Del Rio Subdivision, extending from mile post 259.49, at Camp Stanley, Bexar County, to mile post 308.68, the end of the branch at Kerrville, Kerr County, a distance of 49.19 miles, all in the State of Texas.
Length: 49.19 miles	259

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