| Railroad Name: | Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks |
| Marks: | TASD |
| Locale: | Mobile, Alabama |
| Length: | 75miles |
| Start Year: | June 1928 |
| End Year: | present |
| Hq City: | Mobile, Alabama |
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks is a terminal railroad, according to the AAR. It operates on about 75miles of track and is a subsidiary of the Alabama State Port Authority located at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama.[1]
All connections are at Mobile, Alabama.
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 | I/B or O/B bulk goods | ||
| Alter Metal Recycling | O/B scrap metal | ||
| Gulf Atlantic Operations | I/B or O/B asphalt | ||
| Southern Ionics | I/B or O/B chemicals | ||
| Buchanan Lumber | I/B Lumber | ||
| Crimson Shipping | I/B or O/B bulk goods | ||
| Dunhill Terminals | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B cement powder | ||
| Southern Cement | Mobile, Alabama | I/B or O/B cement powder | |
| Mobile, Alabama | I/B and O/B chemicals and pharmaceuticals | ||
| 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 | |
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates eight EMD MP15 switcher locomotives.[2] [3]
| Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks | TASD | 2 | 371, 372 | scrapped | |
| Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks | TASD | 4 | 451, 452, 481, 491 | scrapped | |
| Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks | TASD | 4 | 511, 521, 541, 571 | scrapped | |
| Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks | TASD | 2 | 681, 682 | scrapped | |
| EMD MP15 | 2 | 1539, 1560 | ex SOO 1539, 1560 - returned | ||