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SUMMARY OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
AFFILIATION/SPONSORSHIP OF MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE UNITS WORLD WAR II
NOTE: INCOMPLETE DATA; UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 6, 1990
COMPILER'S NOTE
THIS COMPILATION IS ORGANIZED FIRST BY THE CURRENT MAJOR CORPORATION, THEN BY THE RAILROADS OF THAT CORPORATION WHICH SPONSORED MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE UNITS IN WORLD WAR II. LISTED UNDER THE RAILROAD ARE THE UNITS SPONSORED, AND WHERE KNOWN, THE NAME OF THE UNIT COMMANDER, HIS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN AND THE JOB HE HELD ON THAT RAILROAD BEFORE ENTERING THE ARMY.
INDEX
CURRENT CORPORATION
- ASSN OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
- BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC
- CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
- CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP
- COOPER INDUSTRIES
- CSX CORPORATION
- GUILFORD TRANSPORTATION CORP
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
- ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD
- SANTA FE CORPORATION
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SPONSORING RAILROAD
- ASSN OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
- CHICAGO, BURLINGTON, QUINCY
- GREAT NORTHERN
- ST LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO
- CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
- CHICAGO, ST PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA
- CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY AND THE READING RAILROAD
- CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST LOUIS
- DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN
- ERIE RAILROAD
- NEW YORK CENTRAL
- NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD
- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
- AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY
- ATLANTIC COASTLINE
- BALTIMORE AND OHIO
- CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
- LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
- SEABOARD AIRLINE
- BOSTON & ALBANY-BOSTON & MAINE-CENTRAL VERMONT-DELAWARE AND HUDSON
- BOSTON AND MAINE
- GULF, MOBILE AND OHIO
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL
- CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
- NORFOLK AND WESTERN
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY
- WABASH RAILWAY
- CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
- ATCHISON, TOPEKA, & SANTA FE
UNAFFILIATED RAILWAY UNITS
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC
- TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS
- MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS
- MISSOURI-PACIFIC
- TEXAS AND PACIFIC
- UNION PACIFIC
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE
- MAJOR GENERAL CARL R. GRAY, JR.
- CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA VICE PRESIDENT
709TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
- COLONEL FRANK E. CHESHIRE
- MISSOURI-PACIFIC ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
- COLONEL MERLE M. SHAPPELL
- UNION PACIFIC ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
766TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. K. HOBBS
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY
BURLINGTON NORTHERN INCORPORATED
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON AND QUINCY
745TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ASSAM, INDIA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM P. WILSON
- COLORADO AND SOUTHERN (BURLINGTON LINES) SUPERINTENDENT
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON ITS LINES AT LINCOLN, NEB.
GREAT NORTHERN
704TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- COLONEL ALEXANDER W. CAMPBELL
- GREAT NORTHERN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
- COLONEL FREDERICK W. OKIE
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUPERINTENDENT
732ND RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. J. BRENNAN
- GREAT NORTHERN TRAINMASTER
ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO
750TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. J. STOCKARD
- ATLANTIC COASTLINE TRAINMASTER
CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
720TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL C. J. FREEMAN
- CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RIGHT OF WAY AGENT
- ALSO:
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LATER COLONEL) CHARLES E. HISE, FIRST COMMANDER OF THE 714TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION. UPON PROMOTION HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF TRAINING FOR RAIL UNITS.
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA
714TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ALASKA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES E. HISE
- CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN
- (LIEUTENANT COLONEL HISE PROMOTED TO COLONEL AND BECAME DIRECTOR OF TRAINING FOR RAILWAY UNITS)
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL HERBERT S. HURON
- CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA YARDMASTER
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALTER F. HASTEDT
- CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA ENGR ACCOUNTANT
- MAJOR PHILIP E. BARLON
- CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA ASSISTANT ENGINEER
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON ITS LINES NEAR FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF MGEN CARL R. GRAY, JR., DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN FOR MOST OF MRS-GHOS STAFF.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE M. WELCH, AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, WHO COMMANDED THE 711TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION. THE 711TH ROB WAS THE FIRST BATTALION ACTIVATED. IT WAS NOT A SPONSORED UNIT.
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION
CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY AND READING RAILROAD
712TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. R. DOUD
- CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS (BIG FOUR-NEW YORK CENTRAL)
718TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND LUXEMBOURG
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT A. WRIGHT
753RD RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, AND THE PHILIPPINES
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN J. DAUGHERTY
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC GENERAL SHOP FOREMAN
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES O. BUTLER
- ATLANTIC COASTLINE
DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN
763RD RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES PURCELL
- DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN
ERIE RAILROAD
735TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. C. BAUGHN
- ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE
765TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL LAWRENCE H. LEWIS
- ERIE RAILROAD WHEEL SHOP FOREMAN
NEW YORK CENTRAL
701ST RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY
- COLONEL J. E. GUILFOYLE
- NEW YORK CENTRAL SUPERINTENDENT
721ST RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN INDIA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL KARL F. EMMANUEL
- NEW YORK CENTRAL
737TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES, KOREA, AND JAPAN
- MAJOR CHARLES BUCHANAN
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON ITS LINES AT BUCYRUS, OHIO.
- IN ADDITION, PERSONNEL OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL TOOK UP DONATIONS, PURCHASED A B-26 MARAUDER BOMBER, NEW YORK CENTRAL II, AND PRESENTED IT TO THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1943. IT WAS HIT BY ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE AND EXPLODED OVER GERMANY ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, 1945. THE BOMBER, ON ITS 103RD COMBAT MISSION, HAD 410 COMBAT HOURS AND HAD DROPPED 322,000 POUNDS OF BOMBS OVER ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. F. O'CONNELL WHO COMMANDED THE 775TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD
729TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. S. CARR (TD 708 RGD)
- NEW HAVEN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WORTHINGTON C. SMITH
- NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAINMASTER
749TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINES
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL HARRY E. DONNELLY
- ALSO:
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF COLONEL N. S. CARR, WHO COMMANDED THE LINES OWN 729TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, THEN COMMANDED THE 708TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION, SPONSORED BY THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
706TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, AND GERMANY
- COLONEL STEPHEN R. TRUESDELL
- COLONEL LOUIS G. JAMISON
- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TRAINMASTER
717TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. P. LOWERY
- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
724TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. D. SHEA
- CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC TRAINMASTER
730TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN IRAN
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN J. CLUTZ
- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD DIVISION ENGINEER
- MAJOR GEORGE TAYLOR
756TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. U. BATES
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON ITS LINES NEAR FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF MAJOR W. THOMAS RICE, WHO COMMANDED THE 791ST RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION IN THE PERSIAN GULF COMMAND. MAJOR RICE LATER SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC; THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE; THE SEABOARD COASTLINE. AND CHAIRMAN OF SEABOARD COASTLINE INDUSTRIES, INC. IN ADDITION HE SERVED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE, RETIRING IN 1969 AS A MAJOR GENERAL, U.S. ARMY RESERVE.
COOPER INDUSTRIES
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY
762 RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION (DIESEL): SERVED IN IRAN AND GERMANY
- MAJOR WILLIAM C. ROGERS
CSX CORPORATION
ATLANTIC COASTLINE
703RD RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY
- COLONEL CLARENCE L. BURPEE
- ATLANTIC COASTLINE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
- ALSO:
- COLONEL BURPEE, LATER PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE NEWLY FORMED 2ND MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE, OPERATING IN EUROPE.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES O. BUTLER, ONE OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE 753RD RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. J. STOCKARD, TRAINMASTER, WHO COMMANDED THE 750TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO
708TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY
- MAJOR RALPH U. JENSEN
- SUD LINE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
- COLONEL W. S. CARR (FROM 729TH ROB)
- NEW HAVEN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
- ALSO:
- WAS THE RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. E. THORNTON, WHO COMMANDED THE 741ST RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE GULF, MOBILE AND OHIO.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
740TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAMUEL H. PULLIAM
- CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO SUPERINTENDENT
LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE
728TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL C. D. LOVE
- LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE SUPERINTENDENT
SEABOARD AIRLINE
722ND RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL CURTIS A. MCREE
- SEABOARD AIRLINE SUPERINTENDENT
GUILFORD TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES
BOSTON & ALBANY-BOSTON & MAINE-CENTRAL VERMONT-DELAWARE & HUDSON
764TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL EMIL RINBBERB
- BOSTON AND MAINE SHOP SUPERINTENDENT
BOSTON AND MAINE
752ND RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. E. TRIBBS
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD
GULF, MOBILE AND OHIO
741ST RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL L. E. THORNTON
- BALTIMORE AND OHIO SUPERINTENDENT
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
715TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. P. CRYMES
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL SUPERINTENDENT
743RD RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANK G. COOK
- NORTHERN PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
733RD RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. P. SCHOPPER
NORFOLK AND WESTERN
755TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL MILES S. STEVENS
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
707TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL W. BREINER
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRAINMASTER
727TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, SICILY, ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL FREDERICK W. OKIE
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY SUPERINTENDENT
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN M. BUDD
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON ITS LINES NEAR CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. K. HOBBS, WHO COMMANDED THE 766TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF COLONEL FREDERICK W. OKIE, A DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, WHO COMMANDED THE 727TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, AND THEN COMMANDED THE 704TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION, SPONSORED BY THE GREAT NORTHERN.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL MILES G. STEVENS, A MASTER MECHANIC, WHO COMMANDED THE 755TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE NORFOLK AND WESTERN.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM C. MORRIS, WHO TOOK OVER THE 716TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION AFTER ITS BLACK MARKET EPISODE.
WABASH RAILWAY
726TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN INDIA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL HARVEY PILOHER
- WABASH
ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND, AND PACIFIC
725TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN INDIA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE R. BRANCH
- CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
SANTA FE CORPORATION
ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE
710TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- COLONEL D. D. BRILL
- ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE SUPERINTENDENT
713TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHARLES D. NOTGRASS
- ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE SUPERINTENDENT
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ERNEST E. FOULKS
- ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE SUPERINTENDENT
758TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN INDIA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL CLARENCE V. CONLISK
- ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON ITS SANTA FE LINE AT CAMP WILLIAM C. REED, NEAR CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. C. BAUGHN, WHO COMMANDED THE 735TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE ERIE RAILROAD.
SUD LINE CORPORATION
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC
744TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALTER G. HOTCHKISS
- CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
757TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN W. MOE
- CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC ROUNDHOUSE FOREMAN
- ALSO:
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL F. R. DOUD, A DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, WHO COMMANDED THE 712TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY AND READING RAILROAD.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. D. SHEA, TRAINMASTER, WHO COMMANDED THE 724TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
705TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN INDIA
- COLONEL STANLEY H. BRAY
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC
716TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- MAJOR WALTER H. MARLIN
- SOUTHERN PACIFIC ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
- (MARLIN WAS TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL AS PART OF BLACK-MARKET ACTIVITIES OF SEVERAL MEN IN THE BATTALION; FOUND NOT GUILTY AND RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION)
- MAJOR CHARLES T. KENNEY (INTERIM COMMANDER)
- GREAT NORTHERN SUPERINTENDENT
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT J. MACNAMARA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM C. MORRIS
- SOUTHERN RAILWAY
754TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE
- MAJOR OSCAR E. COLE
- ALSO:
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN J. DAUGHERTY, GENERAL SHOP FOREMAN, WHO COMMANDED THE 753RD RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.
TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS
719TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA AND ITALY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT F. WILLIAMS
- TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS SUPERINTENDENT
734TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND HOLLAND
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL RALPH E. JOHNSON
- TEXAS AND NEW ORLEANS TRAINMASTER
UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS
746TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL N. C. PRUETT
- MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS SUPERINTENDENT
MISSOURI-PACIFIC
759TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ERNEST M. PRICE
- MISSOURI-PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL EVERARD F. BARNES
- MISSOURI-PACIFIC ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT
- ALSO:
- PROVIDED TECHNICAL TRAINING ON MISSOURI-PACIFIC LINES FOR UNITS AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA AND CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF COLONEL FRANK E. CHESHIRE, COMMANDER OF THE 709TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION, SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS.
TEXAS AND PACIFIC
748TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN INDIA
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALVA O. OGG
- TEXAS AND PACIFIC
UNION PACIFIC
702ND RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION: SERVED IN IRAN
- COLONEL ARTHUR E. STODDARD
- UNION PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
- COLONEL PAUL F. YOUNT
- REGULAR ARMY
723RD RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION: SERVED IN FRANCE AND GERMANY
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL DOYLE GRESHAM
- UNION PACIFIC CHIEF DISPATCHER
- ALSO:
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF COLONEL MERLE M. SHAPPELL, ONE OF THE COMMANDERS OF THE 709TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION, SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS.
- WAS RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF COLONEL ARTHUR E. STODDARD WHO COMMANDED THE 702ND RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION AND LATER THE 1ST MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE. STODDARD BECAME DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE IN 1951, RETIRING AS A MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMY RESERVES IN 1954. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNION PACIFIC FROM 1949 UNTIL 1965.
UNAFFILIATED RAILWAY UNITS
1ST MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE
- COLONEL ARTHUR E. STODDARD
- UNION PACIFIC SUPERINTENDENT
2ND MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE
- BRIGADIER GENERAL CLARENCE L. BURPEE
- ATLANTIC COASTLINE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
3RD MILITARY RAILWAY SERVICE
- BRIGADIER GENERAL PAUL F. YOUNT
- REGULAR ARMY
- COLONEL FRANK S. BESSON, JR.
- REGULAR ARMY
774TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION
- COLONEL WILLIAM P. WILSON
- COLORADO AND SOUTHERN SUPERINTENDENT
775TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL H. G. BALCH
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. F. O'CONNELL
- NEW YORK CENTRAL
711TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE M. WELCH
- CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA - ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
770TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM P. WILSON (TO 774TH RGD)
- COLORADO AND SOUTHERN SUPERINTENDENT
790TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION
- (COMMANDER UNKNOWN)
791ST RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WORTHINGTON C. SMITH (TO 729TH ROB)
- NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAINMASTER
- MAJOR W. THOMAS RICE
- PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
760TH RAILWAY SHOP BATTALION
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL A. R. WALKER
WORTHY OF NOTE: THE NORTHERN PACIFIC, ALTHOUGH NOT A SPONSORING RAILROAD, WAS THE RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF:
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL WORTHINGTON C. SMITH, TRAINMASTER, WHO COMMANDED THE 791ST RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION AND THEN LATER THE 729TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION; AND,
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRANK G. COOK, DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, WHO COMMANDED THE 743RD RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, SPONSORED BY THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
IN ADDITION, THE COLORADO AND SOUTHERN, ALSO NOT A SPONSORING RAILROAD, WAS THE RAILROAD OF ORIGIN OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM P. WILSON, DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, WHO COMMANDED THE 770TH RAILWAY OPERATING BATTALION, AN UNSPONSORED UNIT. HE WAS PROMOTED TO COLONEL AND GIVEN COMMAND OF THE 774TH RAILWAY GRAND DIVISION.
