Railroad Fire Station

[MilFireGuy]

Believe this to be the fire station & apparatus for the Union Pacific Railroad Shops at Omaha, NB
" Thomas C. Durant Engine & Hose Co. #1"

[ajr107]

You are correct about that being a Union Pacific facility.  I have the same photo, in additon to one of the members of the UP fire department from May 1875.

Anthony J. Rzucidlo

[brucobuff]

Pennsylvania/Penn Central/Conrail Fire house at the Altoona locomotive shops, Altoona, PA.
The rig that ran out of there for almost 50 years is this 1941 Mack L-85 750/150 (Thanks, Leo Duliba!) that was restored a few years ago. It is now housed and maintained by the Altoona FD. I was lucky to get good photos back in 2004 at a parade in Bedford,PA.
1987 Station photo by J.Floyd

[squad546]

Interesting topic. Maybe someone here knows, but did Pullman have it's own firehouse in Chicago or Hammond IN? I vaguely recall hearing that.

[ajr107]

I am not aware if Pullman did.   However, several railroads back in the day had their own in-house fire departments. 

If you ever come across the January 1988 issue of Fire Apparatus Journal there appears an article on railway fire firefighting vehicles.  I was one of the co-authors along with three other guys.

Anthony J. Rzucidlo 

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FROM A GOOD FRIEND   THE   ALTOONA  FD  SHOWED ALL THREE  APPARATUS AT THE   ALTOONA  SHOPS THEY   RAN AS  ENGS 7,8,9  ON THE BOX  OR RUN CARDS  , AND ENG 8 WAS A AHRENS FOX ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE NATIONAL FIRE MUSEUM IN HARRISBURG OWNED THE FOX .   

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JUST READ  WHERE BALDWIN LOCO  .WORKS HAD THEIR OWN FD ALSO

[alvin201]

Think there was/is a steamer on display at the B&O RR Museum in Baltimore which I believe came from the B&O Shops.

[brucobuff]

Think there was/is a steamer on display at the B&O RR Museum in Baltimore which I believe came from the B&O Shops.

This 1879 LaFrance steamer and hose cart served the B&O shops in Cumberland,MD. from 1879-1908. Cumberland started a paid FD in 1906, and the B&O utilized an employee fire brigade using a number of tiny hose houses equipped with a reel of hose and a simple hydrant. The steamer was moved to the Baltimore shops, but saw little,if any use.
Unfortunately, this old relic was reportedly heavily damaged by the 2/03 B&O museum roof collapse, anyone know its current status?
1980 photo by J.D. Floyd

[brucobuff]

FROM A GOOD FRIEND   THE   ALTOONA  FD  SHOWED ALL THREE  APPARATUS AT THE   ALTOONA  SHOPS THEY   RAN AS  ENGS 7,8,9  ON THE BOX  OR RUN CARDS  , AND ENG 8 WAS A AHRENS FOX ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE NATIONAL FIRE MUSEUM IN HARRISBURG OWNED THE FOX .   

1923 Ahrens Fox N-S-4 1000GPM  #1605 PRR Altoona Shops in service until 11/9/65, then to E. Freedom, PA., then to David Buskey of Harrisburg. Anyone know its current status since Mr. Buskey died a few years ago?

[bulldogboy]

As a kid in the 1950s I visited the Boston and Maine Railroad maintenance shops
in Billerica, MA. I remember that they had two fire trucks in one of the shops.
Unfortunately, I don't remember what they were except that one was a 1930s
(Seagrave??) and the other was a commercial (GMC??). They also had hose
houses throughout the yard. Anyone else remember the maintenance yard (now
Iron Horse Industrial Park)??

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  I HAVE BEEN INFORMED   THE  LARGE YARD AT HARRISBURG   PA  ALSO HAD HOSE CARTS  STORED IN THE YARD   AND  SOME  OLD  RECORDS SHOW THE RAILROAD FIRE FIGHTERS  HELPING THE CITY OF HARRISBURG A  FEW TIMES . 

[MilFireGuy]

1919 Seagrave once operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.
Photo from May 75

[boardmansteve]

1919 Seagrave once operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.
Photo from May 75

Any idea where this photo was taken?

[MilFireGuy]

The photo was taken in 1975 at Baltimore's inner harbor.  The large building to the rear of the rig is the former power plant for the United Traction Company.