This from Danny Nelms:
Greg Leeb shared this photo from last weekend of what appears to be a replacement for the ex Evanston Pierce Arrow that they had been using .
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#1 by Austin on December 3, 2019 - 5:59 PM
MABAS 21, actually it is in homage to Emergency. They talked about it around the time the show started. I can’t remember where I read it, but it was mentioned.
#2 by MABAS 21 on December 3, 2019 - 8:31 AM
IMHO, I don’t believe that Engine 51 was numbered as is in reference to the TV series Emergency. If you notice on Chicago Fire, a lot of the apparatus numbers on the series are of disbanded CFD companies.
Squad 3 was once the busiest in the City and was housed with the former Engine 61 on Wabash. Engine 51 had a house directly next door to the Englewood Alarm Office. Engine 25 was next to the Academy. The infamous Engine 77 was covered on this site many times.
#3 by harry on December 2, 2019 - 9:03 PM
on one of the Chicago episodes last year franklin parks old truck was on it lettered as an extra Chicago truck
#4 by John on December 2, 2019 - 8:15 PM
Crabby,this was done to “honor” the Emergency! show. Backdraft also had a 51. They are all owned by Universal studios.
#5 by Cmk420 on December 2, 2019 - 8:12 PM
I like this “new” engine, but it would interesting to know what happened to the Evanston engine they had.
In addition to replacing the truck, they should replace the squad too.
#6 by MABAS 21 on December 2, 2019 - 8:06 PM
So the big question is what happened to the former Evanston Pierce engine that they were using for this season?
#7 by bob on December 2, 2019 - 5:30 PM
All they need to do is replace the truck they use on Chicago Fire.
#8 by Rj on December 2, 2019 - 5:17 PM
Pretty rare to see the front section on the driver side.
#9 by CrabbyMilton on December 2, 2019 - 5:48 AM
Engine 51. Now where did we all see that before? 🙂
#10 by MABAS 21 on December 1, 2019 - 7:42 PM
Harry is correct. This is the former Bellwood Engine 604.
#11 by harry on December 1, 2019 - 7:18 PM
def. not Melrose park but it does look like Bellwood however
#12 by Sebastian on December 1, 2019 - 6:21 PM
Looks a lot like melrose park old darley engine
#13 by Mike C on December 1, 2019 - 6:00 PM
I don’t recognize this rig from an area FD. Any idea where it came from?