Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks

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.

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
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.

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

External links

• Alabama State Port Authority website