Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks

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Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
TRR 801, Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks and CSX Business Car 10, West Virginia, in Mobile, Ala. on June 8, 1987 (22763142016).jpg
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 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
Chickasaw, Alabama I/B or O/B bulk goods
Chickasaw, Alabama O/B scrap metal
Chickasaw, Alabama I/B or O/B asphalt
Chickasaw, Alabama I/B or O/B chemicals
Chickasaw, Alabama I/B Lumber
Chickasaw, Alabama I/B or O/B bulk goods
Chickasaw, Alabama O/B biodiesel and ethanol One trackmobile
Mobile, Alabama I/B or O/B chemicals and water treatment products One trackmobile
Mobile, Alabama I/B or O/B chemicals, chlorine, and alkalines One trackmobile
Mobile, Alabama O/B water perification chemical One trackmobile
Mobile, Alabama I/B and O/B dry goods
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)
Mobile, Alabama O/B lumber
bulk material handling Mobile, Alabama I/B or O/B coal, coke, and pig iron
General cargo and container facility Mobile, Alabama I/B or O/B containers and bulk dry goods
Mobile, Alabama I/B or O/B grain, seed, and fertilizer
Mobile, Alabama I/B and O/B refrigerated goods
Lafarge North America Mobile, Alabama I/B or O/B cement powder
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
Mobile, Alabama I/B and O/B containers
Mobile, Alabama I/B and O/B railcars
Coal transfer facility 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 SW1500 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

References[]

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

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