[The Great RJ]

It is hard to imagine that steam locomotives were still being manufactured during the war.

[Cuttnhorse]

Actually for some time after the war the made steamers...my gandfather was a boiler maker at the Southern Pacific shops in Sacramento...we used to call him Gampa Huh? His hearing was totally gone from years of working around the shops.

[X Fretensis]

We built a lot of steam locomotives during the war. Lend-Lease sent 2,000 locomotives and 11,000 rail cars to the Soviets. Union Pacific's 24 “Big Boy” locos were built between 41 & 44. With 95 percent of wartime freight moving by rail, the demand for locos was high. In addition to locos and rolling stock, some the builders also built war material. Believe Baldwin and Alco built short runs of M4 Sherman tanks.