| Railroad Name: | Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad |
| Logo Filename: | Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad logo.png |
| Marks: | RSS |
| Locale: | Texas |
| Start Year: | 1923 |
| End Year: | 2019 |
| Length: | 5miles |
The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad was a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consisted of 5miles[1] of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas.
In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica purchased the railroad.[1] It ultimately became part of Genesee & Wyoming's holdings.
The railroad's traffic came mainly from aluminum products, as well as other metals. RSS hauled around 6,100 carloads in 2008.[1]
In December 2018, Alcoa Energy Services, which owned a closed smelter on the line, announced that it planned to acquire the railroad, which by that time was inactive, and a year later filed to abandon the line on the grounds that it had no realistic chance of obtaining customers.[2] [3]