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]
Connections
All connections are at Mobile, Alabama.
- Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway
- Alabama Export Railway
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe
- Canadian National
- CG Railway
- CSX Transportation
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City
- Norfolk Southern
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 |
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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
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates eight EMD MP15 switcher locomotives. [2] [3]
Current locomotive roster
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
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 |
References
External links
- Alabama State Port Authority website
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- Alabama Southern Railroad
- Alabama Warrior Railway
- Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad
- Alabama Railroad
- Alabama & Tennessee River Railway
- Autauga Northern Railroad
- Bay Line Railroad
- Birmingham Terminal Railway
- BNSF
- Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad
- CG Railway
- Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad
- Canadian National
- Conecuh Valley Railroad
- CPKC
- CSX
- Eastern Alabama Railway
- Georgia Southwestern Railroad
- Huntsville & Madison County Railroad Authority
- Luxapalila Valley Railroad
- Meridian & Bigbee Railroad
- Norfolk Southern
- Redmont Railway
- Sequatchie Valley Railroad
- Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
- Three Notch Railroad
- Tennessee Southern Railroad
- Wiregrass Central Railroad
- Fairfield Southern Company
- Rapid Switching Services
- Southern Electric Railroad
- See also: Former carriers in Alabama
- List of United States railroads by political division
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