Great list from Wikipedia page for the Military Railway Service units - 1st 2nd and 3rd MRS
List of Railway Grand Divisions and their sponsors
Unit Sponsor Date of Activation
701st New York Central Railroad 01/11/1943
702nd Union Pacific Railroad 10/15/1942
703rd Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 08/01/1943
704th Great Northern Railway 11/30/1942
705th Southern Pacific Lines 05/19/1943
706th Pennsylvania Railroad 08/06/1943
707th Southern Railway 06/10/1943
708th Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 04/06/1943
709th Association of American Railroads 03/15/1944
710th Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 12/14/1943
774th None (Organized in Italy) 1944
List of Railway Operating Battalions
Unit Sponsor Date of Activation
711th Training Battalion. Built and maintained the 50 mile Claiborne-Polk Military Railroad 05/01/1941
712th Reading Railroad 10/25/1942
713th Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 04/15/1942
714th Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway 10/31/1942
715th Illinois Central Railroad 10/31/1942
716th Southern Pacific Lines 12/21/1943
717th Pennsylvania Railroad 12/01/1943
718th Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 12/14/1943
719th Texas and New Orleans Railroad 09/01/1943
720th Chicago and North Western Railway 08/26/1943
721st New York Central Railroad 04/14/1943
722nd Seaboard Air Line Railroad 12/14/1943
723rd Union Pacific Railroad 12/28/1943
724th Pennsylvania Railroad 12/28/1943
725th Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 02/17/1943
726th Wabash Railroad 06/26/1943
727th Southern Railway 03/15/1942
728th Louisville and Nashville Railroad 01/11/1943
729th New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 01/11/1943
730th Pennsylvania Railroad 05/15/1942
731st Union Pacific Railroad Did not Activate
732nd Great Northern Railway 01/12/1944
733rd Central of Georgia Railway 11/23/1943
734th Texas and New Orleans Railroad 02/23/1944
735th ARR/Erie Railroad 02/10/1944
736th New York Central Did not Activate
737th New York Central 09/30/1944
738th Chicago Great Western Railway Did not Activate
739th Lehigh Valley Railroad Did not Activate
740th Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 12/14/1943
741st Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 01/12/1944
742nd Pennsylvania Railroad Did not Activate
743rd Illinois Central Railroad 01/12/1944
744th Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 12/21/1943
745th Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 05/19/1943
746th Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 05/04/1944
747th Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Did not Activate
748th Texas and Pacific Railway 05/12/1943
749th New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad 02/23/1943
750th St. Louis – San Francisco Railway 03/21/1944
751st Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Did not Activate
752nd Boston and Maine Railroad 05/04/1944
759th Missouri Pacific Railroad 09/01/1942
761st Railway Transportation Company 07/22/1942
770th None 08/09/1942
790th None 07/08/1943
791st No sponsorship (activated at Andimeshk, Iran) 07/01/1943
List of Railway Shop Battalions
Unit Sponsor Date of Activation
753d Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 04/15/1942
754th Southern Pacific Lines 10/25/1942
755th Norfolk & Western Railway 11/30/1942
756th Pennsylvania Railroad 01/11/1943
757th Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 06/10/1943
758th Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 04/06/1943
760th No sponsorship 06/16/1942
762d No sponsorship 10/15/1942
763d Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad; Lehigh Valley Railroad 07/27/1943
764th Boston & Maine Railroad 10/25/1943
765th Erie Railroad 05/01/1944
766th Association of American Railroads 07/17/1944
Note: The 760th and 762d were RSB (Diesel); all others were RSB (Steam).
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