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Keystone State Relics
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Conway

Beaver County

1952 ALF 750/300

John Schmidt Photo



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Conway

1972 Ford/Bruco 1000/500

John Schmidt Photo
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[quote name='OPEN CAB MACK' post='286501' date='Mar 2 2009, 23:56 ']Hey Axe, there is a picture of a bunch of Foxes at N.K. #2 in a picture in their station. It has theirs, yours, Turtlecreeks, and a few others from that era. There are about 5 in the picture if I am not mistaken. A real nice photo.[/quote]





It was both Vandergrift Foxes, Highland Hose from Tarentum, and Apollo #2's



We have a few photos of it... I will get it scanned and get it into here.
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[quote name='OPEN CAB MACK' post='286499' date='Mar 2 2009, 23:49 ']Allegheny Twp. (Westmoreland Co.)

Washington Twp., West. Co.

Markle, West. Co,

Vandergrift #1 & #2 West. Co.

Oklahoma, West. Co.

Freeport, Armstrong Co.

Leechburg Armstrong Co.

Apollo # 2 & #3 Armstrong Co.

Parks Twp. Armstrong Co.[/quote]



North Apollo (Armstrong) Purple

South Buffalo (Armstrong) Copper

Kiski Twp (Armstrong) Gold

Special Services (Westmoreland) Just SS...ANOTHER CO I AM INTERESTED IN... had two CD rescues

Gilpin Twp (Armstrong) Black

East Vandergrift (Westmoreland) Blue

Hyde Park (Westmoreland) White

West Leechburg (Westmoreland) Tan
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[quote name='Shoop' post='286527' date='Mar 3 2009, 00:29 '][Image: LatrobeWest1947ALF75JohnSchmidt.jpg]



Latrobe

Westmoreland County

1947 ALF 75'

John Schmidt Photo



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Latrobe

1970 Hendrickson/FMC 1000/750

John Schmidt Photo



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Latrobe

1970's IHC

John Schmidt Photo



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Latrobe

1974 WLF 1000/?

John Schmidt Photo



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Latrobe

1979 ALF 1500/?

John Schmidt Photo[/quote]

The 47 ladder truck was replaced by the 1979 100' m/m open cab ALF. It was recently replaced a few years ago by a 100' Sutphen tower. The 79 ALF along with #5's Hendrickson sit at Fortunatos, a repair facility on Route 22, west of Blairsville. The Hendrickson went to a Cambria Co. station after #5 received a new KME engine. From there Fortunato bought it. I thought the Hendrickson was newer than a 1970. #3 still has the Century ALF and #6 had the Ward refurbed. #6 has a KME air truck painted to match the Ward and #5 has a KME rescue to match there engine now.
Ed Saliba Jr.

1st Assistant Chief

City of New Kensington Bureau of Fire
I.S.O. Class 4 Department
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Ed,



Your semi right about the Hendrickson/FMC from Latrobe. After being sold from Latrobe it went to Tunnelton-Conemaugh in Indiana County before heading to Fortunatas. Now it is sitting in his lot missing the body. What a waste.
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Apollo Hose Company #2

Pink Engine 1

1955 Oren, prior to 2007 restoration







East Vandergrift VFD/ George G. McMurtry FD, Vandergrift #1 after 1987 merger

Blue Engine 2/ Brown Engine 3/ Engine 51-2

1983 Gruman Firecat 1000/500

Sold in 2008 and is being shipped to Bahamas to serve as a frontline piece to a FD that has never had an engine.


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as usual pat nice job!1 keep 'em coming..... i hope you may have some more from north eastern pa



TOM B
tom bretz a ffII,retired disabled ff/emt from Kingston PA F D,own 2 wardlafranceengs a 49,a66,member of iaff 840,six cnty fire asso,pa state firemen's assoc, pa pump primers,schuylkill historic fire soc(spaamfaa's newest chapter--black diamond),luzerne cnty fire/rescue,life mem of columbian fire co kingston,former app op at laflin,edwrdsvlle,forty fort all in pa
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great work pat keep on postin man
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[quote name='Shoop' post='286580' date='Mar 3 2009, 10:57 ']Ed,



Your semi right about the Hendrickson/FMC from Latrobe. After being sold from Latrobe it went to Tunnelton-Conemaugh in Indiana County before heading to Fortunatas. Now it is sitting in his lot missing the body. What a waste.[/quote]

Sorry Shoop. Last I talked to Dave Fortunato, he was planning to scrap this and the aerial this spring. He also had old Engine 2 from Latrobe.
Ed Saliba Jr.

1st Assistant Chief

City of New Kensington Bureau of Fire
I.S.O. Class 4 Department
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Ed,



Any word on what he is going to do with the W. Newton tiller. I would suppose he is going to scrap it since it failed the aerial certification. It would be nice if Andy Leider could get his hands on it.
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Andy Leider might own this one now. he has a 1941 E model painted yellow like this one. I will have to print out this pic and take it with me next time I go up there, for comparison.





[quote name='Shoop' date='Mar 3 2009, 00:26 ' post='286524']

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Flemington

Clinton County

1941 Mack 500/?

John Schmidt Photo
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[quote name='Shoop' post='286599' date='Mar 3 2009, 13:28 ']Ed,



Any word on what he is going to do with the W. Newton tiller. I would suppose he is going to scrap it since it failed the aerial certification. It would be nice if Andy Leider could get his hands on it.[/quote]

Daves a good friend of mine. I will ask him and get back to you.
Ed Saliba Jr.

1st Assistant Chief

City of New Kensington Bureau of Fire
I.S.O. Class 4 Department
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Great Photos as always.
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Shoop, absolutely loving the Westmoreland County pics.



Bill, you seein these???
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[quote name='EngineMan' post='286896' date='Mar 4 2009, 02:29 ']Shoop, absolutely loving the Westmoreland County pics.



Bill, you seein these???[/quote]



Oh yes! There are some good ones in this batch. The Kecksburg ones were the most interesting. I never knew they had a tanker before the Autocar. It seems to have an outside appearance similar to Tanker 91. I knew Dry Ridge had their tanker remounted and updated, but I don't know what chassis it used to have. Maybe you could ask your former "source" from over there...! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hysterical.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Hysterical' />



Here is Dry Ridge, Westmoreland County, Tanker 91 for comparison. I have no idea if this is the Kecksburg one. Maybe someone else can chime in?



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Also, for what it is worth, here is Kecksburg Rescue 76-5 as it appears today; I believe it has the same body with some updates. Incidently, this is their first due unit for many calls, from fires to accidents to public service, and has seen a lot of work.



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I had heard before I left that Latrobe #6 was replacing the Ward with an American LaFrance but I don't know if they ever followed through. Latrobe #3 had a slightly similar-looking unit to the IH "bus" posted in service up until recently; it was replaced with the all black Freightliner/Kenco?? (Wing??) haz-mat/ventilation truck that is probably posted on this site numerous times.
Hardy, William C

Larimer VFD, Westmoreland County Station 1

Westinghouse Waltz Mill VFB, Westmoreland County Station 116
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[quote name='LarimeSta1' post='286899' date='Mar 4 2009, 05:40 ']Oh yes! There are some good ones in this batch. The Kecksburg ones were the most interesting. I never knew they had a tanker before the Autocar. It seems to have an outside appearance similar to Tanker 91. I knew Dry Ridge had their tanker remounted and updated, but I don't know what chassis it used to have. Maybe you could ask your former "source" from over there...! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hysterical.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Hysterical' />



Here is Dry Ridge, Westmoreland County, Tanker 91 for comparison. I have no idea if this is the Kecksburg one. Maybe someone else can chime in?



[Image: 300865-R1-13-14_014.jpg]



Also, for what it is worth, here is Kecksburg Rescue 76-5 as it appears today; I believe it has the same body with some updates. Incidently, this is their first due unit for many calls, from fires to accidents to public service, and has seen a lot of work.



[Image: 322597-R1-14-10A.jpg]



I had heard before I left that Latrobe #6 was replacing the Ward with an American LaFrance but I don't know if they ever followed through. Latrobe #3 had a slightly similar-looking unit to the IH "bus" posted in service up until recently; it was replaced with the all black Freightliner/Kenco?? (Wing??) haz-mat/ventilation truck that is probably posted on this site numerous times.[/quote]

I believe you are right Bill, it was a Kenco and it is all Black with red stripes. And I believe it is lettered as you stated.
Ed Saliba Jr.

1st Assistant Chief

City of New Kensington Bureau of Fire
I.S.O. Class 4 Department
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Bill, from what Wayne told me a while ago, Tanker 91 is an old Milk truck they had converted.



No need to check with my source <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/machinegun.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Machinegun' /> haha i love emoticons
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Birdsboro Ford C with a redi tower. Could this be a Bruco?



Berks County PA



scanned from a slide, unknown photographer
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Quote:Birdsboro Ford C with a redi tower. Could this be a Bruco?



1979 Ford C/Bruco 1000/500/55' Readi-Tower
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Dave, is there a Bruco list? Thanks for the Help
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