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Chicago Rock Island & Pacific

739, Class S-62, was built in February 1944, #71316.  It was traded in to General Electric in April 1966.

743, Class S-62, was built in May 1943, #70817.  It was sold to Hyman-Michaels Co in March 1968 and resold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co in 1968.  It was sold ac Chattahoochee Valley Ry 743 in 1968 and sold as Birmingham Southern RR 743 on September 3, 1973.  It was renumbered 243 in October 1973 and resold as South Hopkins Coal Co 243 "Jiggs".  It was then sold to George R Silcott Co and resold as Sidney & Lowe RR  243.  It was sold to Oklahoma Railway Museum in 1989 and restored as Rock Island 743.

744, Class S-62, was built in May 1943, #70818.  It was traded in to Electro-Motive in February 1967.

748 was built in March 1941, #69424. It was rebuilt by Alco in November 1942 as United States Army 8005 as RSD1. In July in 1951 as Alaska RR 1031 and rebuilt as a RS1. It was retired in June 1964.

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