Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks

Standard Gauge Headquarters: Mobile, AL Years of Operation: 1927-present Predecessor Roads: none Successor Roads: none Miles Operated: Main line: Mobile docks to North Mobile, AL, 5.619 miles; yard tracks & sidings, 30.487 miles — total, 36.106 miles. Locomotives Owned:	Equipment 12/31/1928: Locomotives: 4. Cars (work): 18 flat, 6 gondolas, 9 dump, 1 box tool, 1 locomotive crane	Click Map for Larger Version
HISTORY by Gil Hoffman: The Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks was under the jurisdiction of the Alabama State Docks Commission, and began operating on December 1, 1927.  The line extended frm the docks at the foot of Earl Street in Mobile in a northeasterly direction to North Mobile.  This was a switching road. Large freight yards were maintained by the company and interchange was provided with all railroads entering Mobile. The railroad consisted of 5.619 miles of main line and 30.487 miles of yard tracks and sidings.  Grading on the line was light. The tracks were laid chiefly with new 90-lb. rail. The tracks were ballasted, principally with crushed slag. There was one metal bridge over Three Mile Creek. South of Three Mile Creek the railroad was located on filled land adjacent to the Mobile River.  The land north of the creek was generally level.  The railroad company had trackage rights over 2.76 miles of industry tracks north of Mobile, owned by the Chickasaw Shipbuilding & Car Company.It granted trackage rights to the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad over 3.76 miles of road near Mobile and to the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad over 2.92 miles of road near Mobile.   REFERENCE  1.  ”Terminal Railway Alabama State Docks,” Valuation Docket No. 1188, Valuation Reports, Interstate Commerce Commission, Vol. 46, p. 517.
Terminal Ry 0-6-0 No. 62 was bought new from Alco in 1930.	Terminal Ry No. 481 at Mobile.
STEAM ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:     Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   154   4-6-0   Rogers   5340   11/1898   18x26   56   129000   Mobile & Ohio R.R. #154 Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks #154, in 1926.   In service 12/31/1928.   158   4-6-0   Rogers   5344   12/1898   18x26   56   129000   Mobile & Ohio R.R. #158 Retired 10/1928. Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks #158, in 1928.   In service 12/31/1928.   60   0-6-0   A/Schen.   67531   8/1927   21x28   51   165000   New.   In service 12/31/1928.   61   0-6-0   A/Schen.   67580   5/1928   21x28   51   164000   New.   In service 12/31/1928.   62   0-6-0   A/Schen.   68515   6/1930   21x28   51   164000   New.       63   0-6-0   A/Schen.   69422   11/1940   21x28   51   164000   New.       59   2-6-0   Baldwin   57779   6/1924   23x26   52   181000   Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. #6, Pittsburgh, PA Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1775 Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks #59, on 7/7/1931. Baldwin class 8-40 D 11       28   4-6-0   Baldwin   35292   9/1910   19x26   62   128000   Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Ry. #28 Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Ry. #28, Mobile, AL Terminal Railway, Alabama State Docks #28, after 12/1928. Baldwin class 10-32 D 1093

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