San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Steam Locomotive No. 60
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&AP), locomotive #60. The last remaining locomotive of the largest “short line” of Texas.
The SA&AP 60 was saved by some fortunate twist of fate. After years of service under the Texas & New Orleans (T&NO) as the 220, later 260, followed by its time on the Louisiana & Eastern, the SA&AP 60 was sold for scrap only to be saved by the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA) when creating the tourist attraction southeast of Alanta, GA. Since the very beginning of our organization, acquiring the 60 has been a top priority. We were set back for a few years when a management change at SMMA caused the information of our organization to be lost when the decision was made to dispose of the 60 from the SMMA collection. The 60 was sold to the Gulf & Ohio Railroad (G&O) with the plans of restoring the locomotive to operation. Some time after 2015, work on the 60 stopped and it was determined that attention would be shifted to other locomotives owned by the G&O.
In 2025, SARHM made formal contact with the G&O to inquire into the current disposition of the 60. It was at that time that SARHM learned that the G&O was planning on taking the locomotive and turning it into a display locomotive. It was at that time we made the formal inquiry into acquiring the 60. After an in-person discussion with Mr. Claussen of the G&O, a formal agreement was reached for SARHM to acquire the locomotive. The acquisition of this locomotive will be successful completion of a long-standing dream of SARHM, to return the 60 to its home territory.
It is SARHM’s goal to bring the 60 back and restore it to operation. As part of this goal, we have already enlisted the services of Steam Operation Corporation, the same company we have employed in the past to do the site evaluation of the SP 794. The on site evaluation of the 60 revealed several areas of immediate concern, two of which will require replacement of the areas. These are not show stopping issues but are at least immediately recognizable and will make some planning decisions easier. The overall condition of locomotive is in fairly good condition.
The overall condition of locomotive is in fairly good condition. In all it shouldn’t be more than what could be considered a “normal” restoration job.
The first phase of this plan is the acquisition and transportation of the 60 from Knoxville, TN to Elmendorf, TX. Between the purchase price and the transportation cost of the 60, SARHM needs to raise $130,000.
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway (SA&AP), locomotive #60. The last remaining locomotive of the largest “short line” of Texas.
The SA&AP 60 was saved by some fortunate twist of fate. After years of service under the Texas & New Orleans (T&NO) as the 220, later 260, followed by its time on the Louisiana & Eastern, the SA&AP 60 was sold for scrap only to be saved by the Stone Mountain Memorial Association (SMMA) when creating the tourist attraction southeast of Alanta, GA. Since the very beginning of our organization, acquiring the 60 has been a top priority. We were set back for a few years when a management change at SMMA caused the information of our organization to be lost when the decision was made to dispose of the 60 from the SMMA collection. The 60 was sold to the Gulf & Ohio Railroad (G&O) with the plans of restoring the locomotive to operation. Some time after 2015, work on the 60 stopped and it was determined that attention would be shifted to other locomotives owned by the G&O.
In 2025, SARHM made formal contact with the G&O to inquire into the current disposition of the 60. It was at that time that SARHM learned that the G&O was planning on taking the locomotive and turning it into a display locomotive. It was at that time we made the formal inquiry into acquiring the 60. After an in-person discussion with Mr. Claussen of the G&O, a formal agreement was reached for SARHM to acquire the locomotive. The acquisition of this locomotive will be successful completion of a long-standing dream of SARHM, to return the 60 to its home territory.
It is SARHM’s goal to bring the 60 back and restore it to operation. As part of this goal, we have already enlisted the services of Steam Operation Corporation, the same company we have employed in the past to do the site evaluation of the SP 794. The on site evaluation of the 60 revealed several areas of immediate concern, two of which will require replacement of the areas. These are not show stopping issues but are at least immediately recognizable and will make some planning decisions easier. The overall condition of locomotive is in fairly good condition.
The overall condition of locomotive is in fairly good condition. In all it shouldn’t be more than what could be considered a “normal” restoration job.
The first phase of this plan is the acquisition and transportation of the 60 from Knoxville, TN to Elmendorf, TX. Between the purchase price and the transportation cost of the 60, SARHM needs to raise $130,000.
