Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks


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.

Connections

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 TransportationChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B bulk goods
Alter Metal RecyclingChickasaw, AlabamaO/B scrap metal
Gulf Atlantic OperationsChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B asphalt
Southern IonicsChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B chemicals
Buchanan LumberChickasaw, AlabamaI/B Lumber
Crimson ShippingChickasaw, AlabamaI/B or O/B bulk goods
Dunhill TerminalsChickasaw, AlabamaO/B biodiesel and ethanolOne trackmobile
DPC EnterprisesMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B chemicals and water treatment productsOne trackmobile
Occidental ChemicalMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B chemicals, chlorine, and alkalinesOne trackmobile
Kemira ChemicalMobile, AlabamaO/B water perification chemicalOne trackmobile
Merchants TransferMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B dry goods
Berg PipeMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B steel pipe
Kimberly ClarkMobile, AlabamaI/B waste paper; O/B paperSwitched by Railserve using RSSX 8
Buchanan LumberMobile, AlabamaO/B lumber
Alabama State Docks bulk material handlingMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B coal, coke, and pig iron
Alabama State DocksGeneral cargo and container facilityMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B containers and bulk dry goods
Farmers Grain DealersMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B grain, seed, and fertilizer
Mobile Refrigerated ServicesMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B refrigerated goods
Lafarge North AmericaMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B cement powder
Southern CementMobile, AlabamaI/B or O/B cement powder
ChemexMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B chemicals and pharmaceuticals
CytecMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B chemicals
Choctaw Point Intermodal FacilityMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B containers
Frascati ShopsMobile, AlabamaI/B and O/B railcars
Alabama State Docks Coal transfer facilityMcDuffie Island, AlabamaI/B coal

Equipment

The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates ten EMD MP15 switcher locomotives.

Current locomotive roster

Historical Locomotive Roster