Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
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Overview | |
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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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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 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[edit]
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates eight EMD MP15 switcher locomotives. [2] [3]
Current locomotive roster[edit]
Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
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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[edit]
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 | 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 |