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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day St. Paul’s depot switcher

St. Paul’s depot switcher

By Angela Cotey | February 24, 2023

| Last updated on August 8, 2025

Brand-new St. Paul Union Depot GE 44-tonner 441 is seen at the terminal in 1941.
General Electric photo

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Ed Burns says:

February 26, 2023 at 4:42 pm

If I remember correctly one SPUD switcher had some of the fuel tank cut off to make the weight low enough so that a fireman was not needed as referenced by a 1937 or so fireman’s union agreement.

Ed Burns

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