This from Mike Summa:
TBT- This was Bridgeview Fire Department’s 1987 KME 1871/Darley 1500/750 E416. Photo taken before switch to white over red. Enjoy and comment.
Mike Summa
Bridgeview Fire Department 1987 KME 1871/Darley 1500/750 Engine 416.Mike Summa photo
#1 by Luke on November 18, 2017 - 12:25 PM
Great looking engine
#2 by Martin on November 17, 2017 - 7:10 PM
Anyone have photos of it before, when it was and open cab?
#3 by Keith Grzadziel on November 17, 2017 - 10:42 AM
Harry, I am on the department. We still have it, along with the 1993 Pierce Dash, 2003 Spartan/Crimson and 2013 E-One Typhoon. The HME Luvergne was sold to the Broadlands-Longview FPD in Illinois.
#4 by harry on November 16, 2017 - 5:43 PM
I think that is gone now thought because they have the pierce engine hme Spartan and new eone
#5 by Keith Grzadziel on November 16, 2017 - 3:50 PM
Thanks for posting Mike. This is actually a 1986 HME (Hendrickson) 1871/KME/Darley. The cab and chassis were fabricated around the time KME bought out HME’s naming rights. This unique apparatus was a first for Darley as far as having roll up compartment doors and a hydraulic ladder rack, note the wooden ladders. The chassis was originally built with an “open” jumpseat cab where Darley fully enclosed the cab with the “phone booth” and rear crew doors on the body.
Also this was the first ALS engine in our area. Engine 415 is still in service as a reserve.
#6 by CrabbyMilton on November 16, 2017 - 11:28 AM
That’s certainly an interesting looking rig.