Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks

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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 (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

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All connections are at Mobile, Alabama.

Industries

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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

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

Current locomotive roster

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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

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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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  1. ^ TASD Official Website
  2. ^ TASD Official Website
  3. ^ TASD locomotive roster
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