RARE! MUST SEE! An antique firetruck heads to fire with an Q2B siren!

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  • This was shot on 12/19/09 at 10:40 A.M. in Dothan Alabama while railfanning on a dead day with no trains.

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  • @thomasjsanford6296
    @thomasjsanford6296 8 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    We ARE talking about Alabama, so that could have been the newest truck in their fleet !!

    • @leanderquack4059
      @leanderquack4059 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fleet? Are you referring to the horse drawn steamer?

    • @kelly806
      @kelly806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey now....we have some that were made in the 80's too.

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kelly806 80s? 1980s or 1880s?

    • @kelly806
      @kelly806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@florjanbrudar692 LOL....both:)

    • @greencat1199
      @greencat1199 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro this is 2009 that’s from the 40’s or 50’s my guy

  • @pipesmoker4238
    @pipesmoker4238 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Nice video. I was a volunteer in the 70's and 80's and we had a 1944 Buffalo with a 500 gpm pump. It held approx. 500 gallons. This was in Charlton NY. It is now retired but you could take it off the road and it would go any ware. Non fwd.

  • @redneckfirefighter1373
    @redneckfirefighter1373 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    If it ain't broke don't fix it

    • @ChandlerRFink
      @ChandlerRFink 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whats wrong with the volunteer service? looks like just another career FF with a Career adtitude...doesn't supprise me

    • @marcin97
      @marcin97 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LoneFreedomFighter
      Because sitting on your fat ass and getting paid for hours without any calls is so much better, Dumbass.

  • @jazzbutterworth
    @jazzbutterworth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    firebrigade101 Yep. A call. You should check out responses from Charleroi, NY. They have a 1964 open cab Seagrave that is FIRST out on all fires.

    • @jakerodoski4021
      @jakerodoski4021 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its actually charleroi pa a friend of mine lives right next to the station and yes that engine is still in service i think the open cab ladder they had is retired now

  • @jeepman65
    @jeepman65 15 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh nice catch! We have a few old ones ( 70's maybe), but nothing like this. Great catch!

  • @atsflives4ever
    @atsflives4ever 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A local civic group brought the truck several years ago. As a holiday tradition they use the truck & ride around the downtown area. They having been doing this usually the weekend before Christmas for several years

  • @skipsully11
    @skipsully11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That appears to be a 1950s or early 1960 Howe "Defender". They built them on a Corbett chassis.

  • @kevinswinyer3176
    @kevinswinyer3176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That Engine looks to be an Open Cab Hahn from the Mid to late 40's.

  • @robertgift
    @robertgift 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Strange. Stopped for a red traffic signal? If no emergency, driver should be cited by the police.

    • @1230james
      @1230james 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a rather rural area. Could just be the driver making the day a little more interesting, since using a siren in a place with low traffic wouldn't really cause any issues.

    • @williamconner4206
      @williamconner4206 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not as visible as some of the more modern trucks. ive stoped at red lights before to clear the intersection. just because you have lights and sirens doesn't mean that people will always stop for you.

    • @bobo-wf1jv
      @bobo-wf1jv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Police should have nothing to do with fire calls on scene or response .. they are essentially unnecessary mystified onlookers. Truck stopped at sign. Police, as they usually are .. just in the way causing hazards for equipment and totally redundant. Let them mingle with the crowd .. but stay back and keep their little boxy pursuit interceptor cars .. out of the way!

    • @fmartinjr
      @fmartinjr หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @student71000
    @student71000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those are the best fire sirens better than an ambulance sounds that they put on these fire trucks now in days they need to stick with your original fire sound those will make the fire truck looks meaningful

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks like a 1958 Mack.

  • @CSXRP
    @CSXRP  12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh ok, that was really cool to see though since I always loved firetrucks it sure made up for it.

  • @lablaine1981
    @lablaine1981 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quick glance,I do mean "quick" looks like a 1955-60 howe defender...made Indiana,built to go anywhere, bomb 💣 proof apparatus

  • @joed9491
    @joed9491 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Damn budget cuts!

  • @scootertrash911
    @scootertrash911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can remember when almost every fire apparatus had one of those. Forgetting the siren brake was SOP to wake everyone in the neighborhood so they could run from the fire if necessary. /Sarc/ I could still run the pump on that old Howe Engine, maybe I wouldn't forget to set the parking brake, but I might.

  • @scootertrash911
    @scootertrash911 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Think that the engine is an old Seagrave, around 1960 version.

  • @alexandersalarms5380
    @alexandersalarms5380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    an old ahrens fox (i think) they dont look like there using that thing to go to a fire

    • @FireRescue80
      @FireRescue80 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This my friend is an old Howe.

  • @CSXRP
    @CSXRP  15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks! Wow that sucks and that's a lot of snow!

  • @firebrigade101
    @firebrigade101 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice old Howe...what was the fireman doing just riding around or actual call?

  • @craigmc3614
    @craigmc3614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That looked more like the latest model to me.... no light flashing, old siren, one man on board, has to stop to check his satnav...thats no antique - thats the way it is! Its Alabama!

    • @florjanbrudar692
      @florjanbrudar692 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Satnav? There's no way those existed in the 1950s/1960s

  • @CSXRP
    @CSXRP  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks, it does but I think it would be unlawful for it to run sirens if there was no emergency. So he had to have been responding.

    • @DrOlds7298
      @DrOlds7298 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or just out giving the kids a ride in a For Real Fire Truck,and we'll even run the sireeeen!!! (Besides,you ever seen guys with restored Police Cars/Ambulances/Fire Trucks leaving a show......you'd think the biggest disaster in the world just happened and they are Code 3,In Route!! And it's a sight to see & hear!!)

  • @chuckhodges6150
    @chuckhodges6150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg that's awesome!

  • @RailfanDude610
    @RailfanDude610 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What kind of motor was in that fire truck?

  • @wcresponder
    @wcresponder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know you are hard up for funds when.

  • @Mr_Toroshi
    @Mr_Toroshi 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe that's a Mack, right?

  • @briankistner4331
    @briankistner4331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks just one fireman whom is driving.....

  • @steamandsmoke97
    @steamandsmoke97 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Old Girl's still got it! :D

  • @marcusblum7462
    @marcusblum7462 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ghost fire truck?

  • @ohioxboxcollection4838
    @ohioxboxcollection4838 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool find.but is it really responding?it seems too outdated to still be in service.

  • @nyshortline
    @nyshortline 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like a late-1950's vintage Maxim.

    • @firebrigade101
      @firebrigade101 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Howe /Maxim/ Hahn ...all the same cab, I was calling it Howe due to the body style...worked on those babes for years!

  • @CSXRP
    @CSXRP  14 ปีที่แล้ว

    A hobby I have of video taping trains along with almost all my friends.

    • @skipsully11
      @skipsully11 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot of train buffs are also fire buffs

  • @CSXRP
    @CSXRP  12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh yes, he had to have been on a call if he was running lights and sirens.

  • @tonyfincham6126
    @tonyfincham6126 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Age doesn’t stop it from doing its job only poor maintenance.

  • @C.CUMM1NGS
    @C.CUMM1NGS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Could be they needed the pump on it, some of the older engines have much more powerful pumps than the ones they use these days.

  • @Michaelbos
    @Michaelbos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One firemen , yeah I don't think so.

  • @CameraManJohnny
    @CameraManJohnny 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    umm
    that isa Q2B not a EQ2B

    • @firebrigade101
      @firebrigade101 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      more like a Q1 series....you guys are stuck on q2 these days!

  • @CameraManJohnny
    @CameraManJohnny 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    not trying to be rude, just saying

  • @GamingWithLit
    @GamingWithLit 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    WTF 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

  • @CSXRP
    @CSXRP  15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aha.

  • @fireguye4
    @fireguye4 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wtf is railfanning