Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
.jpg) TRR 801 and CSX Business Car 10 in Mobile, Alabama, 1987 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Mobile, Alabama |
| Reporting mark | TASD |
| Locale | Mobile, Alabama |
| Dates of operation | June 1928–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 75 miles (121 km) |
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]
Connections
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway at Mobile, Alabama
- Alabama Export Railway at Mobile, Alabama
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe at Mobile, Alabama
- Canadian National at Mobile, Alabama
- CG Railway at Mobile, Alabama
- CSX Transportation at Mobile, Alabama
- Kansas City Southern at Mobile, Alabama
- Norfolk Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 petrification 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 eight EMD MP15 switcher locomotives. [2] [3]
Current locomotive roster
| Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMD MP1500 | TASD | 8 | 761*, 771+, 772*, 801^, 802*, 803, 821, 822^ | * RJ Corman Tier III Re-powers in 2014-2016, ^ KLW Tier IV Re-Powers in 2020-2021, + Current KLW Tier IV Re-Power EST 2022 completion |
Historical Locomotive Roster
| Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alco HH900 | TASD | 2 | 371, 372 | scrapped |
| Alco S-2 | TASD | 4 | 451, 452, 481, 491 | scrapped |
| Alco S-4 | TASD | 4 | 511, 521, 541, 571 | scrapped |
| EMD SW1500 | TASD | 2 | 681, 682 | scrapped |
| EMD MP15 | NREX | 2 | 1539, 1560 | ex SOO 1539, 1560 - returned |
References
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