Four apparently identical wooden depots of a standard design were built at Hamilton, Carlton, Spurlin, and Alexander (where the Texas Central line of the Katy Railroad crossed).
New brick stations of Cotton Belt design were built at Gatesville, Ireland, and Hamilton, with wooden depots at Levita and Aleman.
The SN&ST was leased to the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas for operation starting on July 1, 1913, for a period of ten years.
The railroad was then leased by St. Louis Southwestern one more time, for six years, followed by an application to the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon the SN&ST's remaining trackage between Hamilton and Gatesville in December 1939.
Despite strong local opposition from Hamilton interests, this remaining trackage was abandoned on February 6, 1941, and was removed by August 1941.
Of note in the early days of the SN&ST were excursion trains powered by Santa Fe and Missouri Kansas Texas locomotives.