 In 1977, the five MRS-1 locomotives that had been unsuccessfully transferred to the Navy were moved to Alaska to join thirteen of their Alco cousins.Five of the thirteen EMD MRS-1 locomotives built survive in preservation.Of these, two (#1809
and #1820) 
are on display at the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association; #1811 is on display at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia; #1813 is retired and on display at the Heber Valley Historic Railroad; and #1818 is preserved at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry in Wasilla, Alaska.