Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
![]() 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
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 |
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