The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad was a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consisted of of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas. In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica purchased the railroad. 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. 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. References Texas railroads RailAmerica