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Virginia apparatus - miscellaneous
Also at Dulles Airport was this unique 1961 American LaFrance that ran as Red 335. It originally was an engine that had the Telesqurt added around 1980, when it was rehabed by American LaFrance. I believe it was wrecked in 1986. 1500/500 with a 55' TS.



This photo taken in 1981.



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Another Dulles unit was Red 334, a 1973 Dodge/Fire-X. 100 gallons of AFFF and 400 lbs of Purple K.



Photo taken in 1981.





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Another ALF from Dulles Airport, this one for Red 336. The information on the slide says it is a 1961 American LaFrance with a 1500 gpm pump. Since the photograph was taken the same month and year (8/81) as the American LaFrance telesqurt, I can rule this one out as being the ALF rehabed later into a Telesqurt unit.



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At Washington National Airport, Red 374 is marked as a 1958 American LaFrance. Also photograhed in 1981. No other information.





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I don't have much information on Red 375 from Washington National Airport. Two years are listed - 1959 and 1962. However, there is a serial number of 838662 listed. Does anyone have s/n information on older ALF's?



This photograph also taken in 1981.





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The last one from the airports is a bit unusual. Red 329 from Washington National Airport is a 1967 Ford C/Howe 750/750. It carried squad equipment, was a light unit, mass casualty, and disaster unit.



It was received in 1981 from NASA's Wallop's Island Virginia facility near Chincoteaque, VA.



Photographed in 1983 by C. Marcus.



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This is one I have been trying to find a photograph of for a number of years.



Winchester once had the Sara Zane fire company which closed a number of years ago. I believe the last fire truck they purchased was this 1981 Mack MC611F12 with serial number 1053. 1250/500.



When Sara Zane closed, the Mack was sold to the Greenwood, VA VFD, located just outside of Winchester and re-painted yellow and white. The Mack is now running as a Berkeley County, West Virginia county reserve engine. I photographed it at South Berkeley's Inwood, Virginia sub-station several years ago.





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Also at Sara Zane was this 1947 Buffalo with a 500 gpm pump and serial number A-2550.



It was eventually sold to the Mathias-Baker, West Virginia VFD. It may have ended up at Wardensville, West Virginia at one point.



This photograph was taken in 1966.





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Warrenton, Virginia in Fauquier County preferred Ahrens Fox at one time in the past.



Warrenton's Engine 2 was a 1930 Ahrens Fox Model V with serial number 7015.



Photographed in 1968.





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Warrenton's Engine 1 was a 1946 Ahrens Fox Model VC on a LeBlond Schaht truck chassis. 500 gpm with serial number 9093.



Photographed in 1973.





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The final Ahrens Fox at Warrenton was this 1949 model with a 500 gpm that ran as Engine 4. It was sold for scrap.





Photographed in 1973.





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I believe that this may have been the first ladder truck at Warrenton. Truck 1 is a 1952 ALF 85' that Warrenton purchased from Bristol, Virginia.



1986 photograph.



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No information about this International squad that ran as Squad 6 for the Warrenton Volunteer Rescue Squad. Photographed in 1986.



The Warrenton VFD and Rescue Squad merged within the last several years.





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Two from Yorkshire, Virginia in Prince William County.



Engine 84 <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Huh' /> is a 1956 Ford F/American with a 500 gpm pump.



Photographed in 1975.





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Also at Yorkshire was Engine 81, a 1968 Oren with a 1000/500 and serial number 2506. It would later be rehabed by Grumman.



Photographed in 1975.





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York County, Virginia Truck 1 - 1948 Seagrave 65'.



Photographed in 1975





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Upperville, Virginia in Fauquier County still owns this 1970 Ford F/Oren with a front mount 750gpm pump and a 1000 gallon water tank. It carries Oren serial number 2811.



The Chief at Upperville recently asked for some photographs of this truck - they would like to restore the truck to its original condition.



Photographed in 1977





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Jeff - I hope you like these from the NASA facility at Wallops Island on the eastern shore of Virginia.



A 1946 Seagrave 750gpm sits on the front ramp of the "Damage Control Station No. 1".





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Also at Wallops Island is this 1954 Dodge received from the Navy.



This photograph was taken in 1972.



Sorry Steve Loftin, there was no slide of the ambulance sitting next to it.





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These next three are from West Point, Virginia.



Engine 5 is a 1959 Ford F750/Oren 500/900 with serial number 500B-1658. I believe West Point still owns this truck.



Note the "Donated by The Chesapeake Corp of Virginia" proudly displayed on the door.





Photographed in 1986.





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