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]

Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
TRR 801 and CSX Business Car 10 in Mobile, Alabama, 1987
Overview
HeadquartersMobile, Alabama
Reporting markTASD
LocaleMobile, Alabama
Dates of operationJune 1928–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length75 miles

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 TransportationChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B bulk goods
Alter Metal RecyclingChickasaw, AlabamaO/B scrap metal
Gulf Atlantic OperationsChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B asphalt
Southern IonicsChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B chemicals
Buchanan LumberChickasaw, AlabamaI/B Lumber
Crimson ShippingChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B bulk goods
Dunhill TerminalsChickasaw, AlabamaO/B biodiesel and ethanolOne trackmobile
DPC EnterprisesMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B chemicals and water treatment productsOne trackmobile
Occidental ChemicalMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B chemicals, chlorine, and alkalinesOne trackmobile
Kemira ChemicalMobile, AlabamaO/B water perification chemicalOne trackmobile
Merchants TransferMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B dry goods
Berg PipeMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B steel pipe
Kimberly ClarkMobile, AlabamaI/B waste paper; O/B paperSwitched by Railserve using RSSX 8 (EMD SW1200)
Buchanan LumberMobile, AlabamaO/B lumber
Alabama State Docks bulk material handlingMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B coal, coke, and pig iron
Alabama State DocksGeneral cargo and container facilityMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B containers and bulk dry goods
Farmers Grain DealersMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B grain, seed, and fertilizer
Mobile Refrigerated ServicesMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B refrigerated goods
Lafarge North AmericaMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B cement powder
Southern CementMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B cement powder
ChemexMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B chemicals and pharmaceuticals
CytecMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B chemicals
Choctaw Point Intermodal FacilityMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B containers
Frascati ShopsMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B railcars
Alabama State Docks Coal transfer facilityMcDuffie Island, AlabamaI/B coal

Equipment

The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates ten EMD MP15 switcher locomotives. [2] [3]

Current locomotive roster
ModelRailroadQuantityNumbersNotes
EMD MP15NREX21539, 1560ex SOO 1539, 1560
EMD MP15TASD8761, 771, 772, 801–803, 821, 822

Historical Locomotive Roster
ModelRailroadQuantityNumbersNotes
Alco HH900TASD2371, 372scrapped
Alco S-2TASD4451, 452, 481, 491
Alco S-4TASD4511, 521, 541, 571
EMD SW1500TASD2681, 682
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References
  1. TASD Official Website
  2. TASD Official Website
  3. TASD locomotive roster


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