Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gaugeLength5 miles (8.0 km)

The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad (reporting mark RSS) was a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consisted of 5 miles (8.0 km)[1] of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas.

In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica purchased the railroad.[1] It ultimately became part of Genesee & Wyoming's holdings.

The railroad's traffic came mainly from aluminum products, as well as other metals. RSS hauled around 6,100 carloads in 2008.[1]

In December 2018, Alcoa Energy Services, which owned a closed smelter on the line, announced that it planned to acquire the railroad, which by that time was inactive, and a year later filed to abandon the line on the grounds that it had no realistic chance of obtaining customers.[2][3]

References

  • Railways portal
  1. ^ a b c "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
  2. ^ "Alcoa Energy Services, Inc.-Acquisition Exemption-Rockdale, Sandow & Southern Railroad Company". Federal Register. December 14, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Alcoa Energy Services, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Milam County, Tex". Federal Register. December 11, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
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  • See also: Former carriers in Texas
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