Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks
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.
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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 |
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| 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 ashpalt | |
| 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 perification 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 | |
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Equipment
The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates ten EMD MP15 switcher locomotives.
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Current locomotive roster
| Model | Railroad | Quantity | Numbers | Notes |
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| EMD MP15 | NREX | 2 | 1539, 1560 | ex SOO 1539, 1560 |
| EMD MP15 | TASD | 8 | 761, 771, 772, 801-803, 821, 822 | |
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Historical Locomotive Roster
References
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- See also: List of United States railroads by political division
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