Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks (reporting mark TASD) is a terminal railroad according to the AAR. It operates on about 75 miles (121 km) of track and is a subsidiary of the Alabama State Port Authority located at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama. [1]
![]() TRR 801 and CSX Business Car 10 in Mobile, Alabama, 1987 | |
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Mobile, Alabama |
Reporting mark | TASD |
Locale | Mobile, Alabama |
Dates of operation | June 1928โpresent |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1โ2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 75 miles (121 km) |
Connections
- CSX Transportation at Mobile, Alabama
- Norfolk Southern at Mobile, Alabama
- Canadian National at Mobile, Alabama
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway at Mobile, Alabama
- CG Railway at Mobile, Alabama
Industries
The TASD serves 25 different customers mostly in chemicals and bulk goods. The railroad moves over 100,000 carloads annually transporting goods such as containers, coal, metal products, lumber/building supplies, paper, chemicals, petroleum products, aggregates, cement, grains, and agricultural products. The TASD also earns extra profits from the movement and storage of freight cars for other railroads.
Name | Location | Commodity | Switcher/Notes |
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O'Neal Transportation | Chickasaw, Alabama | I/B or O/B bulk goods | |
Alter Metal Recycling | Chickasaw, Alabama | O/B scrap metal | |
Gulf Atlantic Operations | Chickasaw, Alabama | I/B or O/B asphalt | |
Southern Ionics | Chickasaw, Alabama | I/B or O/B chemicals | |
Buchanan Lumber | Chickasaw, Alabama | I/B Lumber | |
Crimson Shipping | Chickasaw, Alabama | I/B or O/B bulk goods | |
Dunhill Terminals | Chickasaw, Alabama | O/B biodiesel and ethanol | One trackmobile |
DPC Enterprises | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B chemicals and water treatment products | One trackmobile |
Occidental Chemical | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B chemicals, chlorine, and alkalines | One trackmobile |
Kemira Chemical | Mobile, Alabama | O/B water perification chemical | One trackmobile |
Merchants Transfer | Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B dry goods | |
Berg Pipe | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B steel pipe | |
Kimberly Clark | Mobile, Alabama | I/B waste paper; O/B paper | Switched by Railserve using RSSX 8 (EMD SW1200) |
Buchanan Lumber | Mobile, Alabama | O/B lumber | |
Alabama State Docks bulk material handling | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B coal, coke, and pig iron | |
Alabama State DocksGeneral cargo and container facility | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B containers and bulk dry goods | |
Farmers Grain Dealers | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B grain, seed, and fertilizer | |
Mobile Refrigerated Services | Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B refrigerated goods | |
Lafarge North America | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B cement powder | |
Southern Cement | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B cement powder | |
Chemex | Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B chemicals and pharmaceuticals | |
Cytec | Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B chemicals | |
Choctaw Point Intermodal Facility | Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B containers | |
Frascati Shops | Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B railcars | |
Alabama State Docks Coal transfer facility | McDuffie Island, Alabama | I/B coal | |
Equipment
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates ten EMD MP15 switcher locomotives. [2] [3]
Current locomotive roster
Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
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EMD MP15 | NREX | 2 | 1539, 1560 | ex SOO 1539, 1560 |
EMD MP15 | TASD | 8 | 761, 771, 772, 801โ803, 821, 822 | |
Historical Locomotive Roster
Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
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Alco HH900 | TASD | 2 | 371, 372 | scrapped |
Alco S-2 | TASD | 4 | 451, 452, 481, 491 | |
Alco S-4 | TASD | 4 | 511, 521, 541, 571 | |
EMD SW1500 | TASD | 2 | 681, 682 | |