Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks

Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
Reporting mark TASD
Locale Mobile, Alabama
Dates of operation June 1928present
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 75 miles
Headquarters Mobile, Alabama

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

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.

NameLocationCommoditySwitcher/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 ashpalt
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

ModelRailroadQuantityNumbersNotes
EMD MP15 NREX 2 1539, 1560 ex SOO 1539, 1560
EMD MP15 TASD 8 761, 771, 772, 801-803, 821, 822

Historical Locomotive Roster

ModelRailroadQuantityNumbersNotes
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

References


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