Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

[OPEN CAB MACK]

Funny you should post that, I tried to get a photo of it about 30 minutes ago but no one was at the scrapyard. Try again later. And I think it was refurbed back in the 80's. Open Cab Mack might know for sure.

Pittsburgh did buy 6 of the Brockway-Maxim engines in 1978. They were assigned to Engines 6, 7, 38, 39, 42, 52. They were all red in color, had 1,500 gpm pumps, and 500 gwt. There were 2 of these Brockway's refurbed in 1991. These were done by Doerr Brothers, located on Pittsburgh's South Side. These were actually the second group of totally enclosed trucks with riding positions the city had. In 1991, the city ordered the second set of Pierce Dash's. These were the first 4-doors, the Brockways were the second. In 1992, there were 2 more refurbished. In 2001, 2 were still held in reserve status. I remember Engine 7 located on Liberty Ave. outside of the Strip all red with gold lettering and a Federal Twinsonic on the roof. As for the scrapyard, I heard the same thing, that one of them was located there.