Connections
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Industries
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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.
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Location |
Commodity |
Switcher/Notes
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O'Neal Transportation |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
I/B or O/B bulk goods |
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Alter Metal Recycling |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
O/B scrap metal |
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Gulf Atlantic Operations |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
I/B or O/B asphalt |
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Southern Ionics |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
I/B or O/B chemicals |
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Buchanan Lumber |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
I/B Lumber |
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Crimson Shipping |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
I/B or O/B bulk goods |
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Dunhill Terminals |
Chickasaw, Alabama |
O/B biodiesel and ethanol |
One trackmobile
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DPC Enterprises |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B chemicals and water treatment products |
One trackmobile
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Occidental Chemical |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B chemicals, chlorine, and alkalines |
One trackmobile
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Kemira Chemical |
Mobile, Alabama |
O/B water petrification chemical |
One trackmobile
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Merchants Transfer |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B and O/B dry goods |
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Berg Pipe |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B steel pipe |
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Kimberly Clark |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B waste paper; O/B paper |
Switched by Railserve using RSSX 8 (EMD SW1200)
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Buchanan Lumber |
Mobile, Alabama |
O/B lumber |
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Alabama State Docks bulk material handling |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B coal, coke, and pig iron |
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Alabama State DocksGeneral cargo and container facility |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B containers and bulk dry goods |
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Farmers Grain Dealers |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B grain, seed, and fertilizer |
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Mobile Refrigerated Services |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B and O/B refrigerated goods |
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Lafarge North America |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B cement powder |
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Southern Cement |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B or O/B cement powder |
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Chemex |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B and O/B chemicals and pharmaceuticals |
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Cytec |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B and O/B chemicals |
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Choctaw Point Intermodal Facility |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B and O/B containers |
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Frascati Shops |
Mobile, Alabama |
I/B and O/B railcars |
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Alabama State Docks Coal transfer facility |
McDuffie Island, Alabama |
I/B coal |
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Equipment
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The Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks operates eight EMD MP15 switcher locomotives.
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Current locomotive roster
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Model |
Railroad |
Quantity |
Numbers |
Notes
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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
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Historical Locomotive Roster
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Model |
Railroad |
Quantity |
Numbers |
Notes
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Alco HH900 |
TASD |
2 |
371, 372 |
scrapped
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Alco S-2 |
TASD |
4 |
451, 452, 481, 491 |
scrapped
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Alco S-4 |
TASD |
4 |
511, 521, 541, 571 |
scrapped
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EMD SW1500 |
TASD |
2 |
681, 682 |
scrapped
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EMD MP15 |
NREX |
2 |
1539, 1560 |
ex SOO 1539, 1560 - returned
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References
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