The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks is a terminal railroad, according to the AAR. It operates on about of track and is a subsidiary of the Alabama State Port Authority located at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama. TASD Official Website
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.
NameLocationCommoditySwitcher/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. TASD Official Website TASD locomotive roster
Current locomotive roster ModelRailroadQuantityNumbersNotes 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 ModelRailroadQuantityNumbersNotes 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