St. Louis Metro

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Those Squads looked great when brand new! I recall that originally they talked about putting rescue cranes on the top of them. And the Fire Engine Rally held at the Jefferson Memorial and the crowds it drew....I miss those days. I liked it much better when it was held there. I remember when the Sutphen ladder truck was yellow and it was H&L 8. The good 'ol days, the pre-"Quint Concept" days, of the Howe and Mack R pumpers, Seagrave ladder trucks, Mack CF Squads, and Battalion Chiefs running in station wagons with B&M sirens on the roofs next to the double gumball lights; when Hwy. 40 was the dividing line for Squads 1 and 2, being north and south instead of east and west. I liked it better that way. I'm starting to ramble like an old codger.