[quote name='Roto-Ray' post='189536' date='Feb 16 2008, 18:16 ']Mike, as always, I'm not sure if fire apparatus photos cab cause V-Fib, but I think it might have in my case! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/stretcher.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> The slides you were able to purchase tell such an unspoken history of the Virginia fire service, and I (like so many others on here) can not thank you enough for posting these wonderful images. I only hope that the photos that you, Jerry, John, Paul, Jeff, Dale, and the rest of us are taking will help preserve history in much the same way.
The deputy chief from West Point is an engine man on my shift, I'll ask him the history of the WP ladders when we go back to work on Tuesday. That white tiller makes me feel funny. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Now as for this one...Chantilly's 1951 Ford Big Job/American 500/500. Chantilly had a variety of trucks painted white and pumpers with the rear wind shield. Note the number 2 on the door - the second fire truck purchased by the Chantilly volunteers....I found it at a fire-truck graveyard about three years in Louisa County, between Mineral and Bumpass. The ex-wife is living up that way now, I'll see if she can confirm it's still there for us.
Can't wait to see the next batch![/quote]
Taylor,
Glad you are enjoying the older ones. So many FD's really had "humble" beginnings when you see these old apparatus.
I am curious about the Chantilly engine - it was my understanding that Chantilly's 1968 International/Young at one point ended up at the Trevilians VFD in approximately 1983. I had heard that a Chantilly engine was in a junk yard in that area, and assumed it was the 1968. I would be very curious what you find.
Thanks Taylor,
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
' /> The slides you were able to purchase tell such an unspoken history of the Virginia fire service, and I (like so many others on here) can not thank you enough for posting these wonderful images. I only hope that the photos that you, Jerry, John, Paul, Jeff, Dale, and the rest of us are taking will help preserve history in much the same way. The deputy chief from West Point is an engine man on my shift, I'll ask him the history of the WP ladders when we go back to work on Tuesday. That white tiller makes me feel funny. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wub.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Now as for this one...Chantilly's 1951 Ford Big Job/American 500/500. Chantilly had a variety of trucks painted white and pumpers with the rear wind shield. Note the number 2 on the door - the second fire truck purchased by the Chantilly volunteers....I found it at a fire-truck graveyard about three years in Louisa County, between Mineral and Bumpass. The ex-wife is living up that way now, I'll see if she can confirm it's still there for us.
Can't wait to see the next batch![/quote]
Taylor,
Glad you are enjoying the older ones. So many FD's really had "humble" beginnings when you see these old apparatus.
I am curious about the Chantilly engine - it was my understanding that Chantilly's 1968 International/Young at one point ended up at the Trevilians VFD in approximately 1983. I had heard that a Chantilly engine was in a junk yard in that area, and assumed it was the 1968. I would be very curious what you find.
Thanks Taylor,
Mike Sanders
Ashburn, VA
Mike Sanders
Winchester, VA
Winchester, VA
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