This document lists various railway grand divisions and operating battalions that were activated during World War II. It includes the unit number, sponsoring railroad company if applicable, and date of activation. Some units were never activated. The railways came together to support the war effort by activating these units from their employees to work in various non-combat roles like operating trains to transport troops and supplies.
This document lists various railway grand divisions and operating battalions that were activated during World War II. It includes the unit number, sponsoring railroad company if applicable, and date of activation. Some units were never activated. The railways came together to support the war effort by activating these units from their employees to work in various non-combat roles like operating trains to transport troops and supplies.
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This document lists various railway grand divisions and operating battalions that were activated during World War II. It includes the unit number, sponsoring railroad company if applicable, and date of activation. Some units were never activated. The railways came together to support the war effort by activating these units from their employees to work in various non-combat roles like operating trains to transport troops and supplies.
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702nd Union Pacific Railroad October 15, 1942 703rd Atlantic Coast Line Railroad August 1, 1943 704th Great Northern Railway November 30, 1942 705th Southern Pacific Lines May 19, 1943 706th Pennsylvania Railroad October 6, 1943 707th Southern Railway June 10, 1943 708th Baltimore & Ohio Railroad April 6, 1943 709th Association of American Railroads March 15, 1944 710th Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway December 14,1943 774th (No Sponsorship: Organized in Italy) 1944
Railway Operating Battalions
Unit Sponsor Date of Activation
711th Training Battalion (Not Sponsored) May 1, 1941
712th Reading Railroad October 25, 1942 713th Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad April 15, 1942 714th Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RR October 31, 1942 715th Illinois Central Railroad October 31, 1942 716th Southern Pacific Lines December 21, 1943 717th Pennsylvania Railroad December 1, 1943 718th Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis December 14, 1943 719th Texas &New Orleans Railroad September 1, 1943 720th Chicago & Northwestern Railroad August 26, 1943 721st New York Central Railroad April 14, 1943 722nd Seaboard Air Line December 14, 1943 723rd Union Pacific Railroad December 28,1943 724th Pennsylvania Railroad December 28, 1943 725th Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RR February 17,1943 726th Wabash Railroad June 26, 1943 727th Southern Railway March 15, 1942 728th Louisville & Nashville Railroad January 11,1943 729th New York, New Haven & Hartford January 11,1943 730th Pennsylvania May 15,1942 731st Union Pacific Railroad Never Activated 732nd Great Northern Railway January 12, 1944 733rd Central of Georgia Railway November 23, 1943 734th Texas & New Orleans Railroad February 23,1944 735th ARR/Erie Railroad February 10, 1944 736th New York Central Never Activated 737th New York Central September 30, 1944 738th Chicago Great Western Railway Never Activated 739th Lehigh Valley Railroad Never Activated 740th Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad December 14,1943 741st Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad January 12, 1944 742nd Pennsylvania Railroad Never Activated 743rd Illinois Central January 12, 1944 744th Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific December 21, 1943 745th Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR May19, 1943 746th Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad May 4, 1944 747th Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Never Activated 748th Texas & Pacific Railway May 12, 1943 749th New York, New Haven & Hartford RR February 23, 1943 750th St. Louis-San Francisco Railway March 21, 1944 751st Denver & Rio Grande Western Never Activated 752nd Boston & Maine Railroad May 4, 1944 759th Missouri Pacific Railroad September 1, 1942 770th (No Sponsorship) August 9, 1942 790th (No Sponsorship) July 8,1943 761st Railway Transportation Company July 22, 1942
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