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Received my copy last week and had an unimaginable amount of pictures and information. Thanks to John Calderone and any others who assisted in gathering the contents.

Great job on the audio and box assignments. Thanks for taking the time to assemble them.

According to Wheels of the Bravest, the five tower ladders delivered in 1978 were the first FDNY towers with automatic transmissions.

As stated above, the first two rear mounts were on a Mack C chassis and had 146 foot aerial ladders. The next two were demonstrator models purchased in 1969 from American LaFrance and Seagrave.

For some good photos, go to fdnytrucks.com and find E33 under Manhattan, E60 and E97 under the Bronx and E210, E229 and E241 under Brooklyn and scroll until you find similar Seagraves.

Probably 289/138 before 287/136.

Although they can potentially run in first due with 5 different engine companies, still found it surprising that L143 had more first due jobs than many of the busier ladder companies in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.

Firehouse magazine used to have an annual national run survey. I think the magazine continues to be published and when I had a subscription, the survey was in the June issue. Hopefully another member can confirm this.

No I'm quite sure he was referring to the old joke about how Staten Island got its name.

The 1952 edition of The Complete Street Guides for Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan & Bronx published by Geographia Map Co. included addresses of all the fire houses in each borough.

Hi, Should 302 and 127 be in the rundown.

Seeing the discussion of speed of todays rigs, just wondering if the shops ever installed governors on the older rigs, say prior to 1950.

Of the list you sent, I found 68 issues. I have all but Jan '41, Jul & Oct '92, all in 1994, all in 1995, Jul & Oct '96 and Apr 2020. Not sure why I'm missing so many from the mid 90's but there may have been a short period when they did not publish them. Perhaps someone on the job back then...

I probably have all you need at a extremely cheap rate so send me a private message.

Thanks for the numbers. Just wondering if B-28 is considered to be in Queens or Brooklyn?