Definitely the jailbar Thunderbolt test for December 2010

Those horns are some of the coolest-looking things I've yet seen!

holler wrote:Wow, that paint on the horn is in AMAZING shape.

Denver has a very dry climate so these things last forever. I've also found that the 2001DCs and even the Thunderbolt 1003s from the '80s are consistently rustier than the Cold War sirens.

carexpertandy wrote:Did you get a better look at the 2001 to see what model it was?

Oh right, forgot about that. I didn't really look at it too hard but I think it had a curved inner cone with a large logo so I'd put my money on 130.

As I promised, I went back up there today. Unfortunately there was some sporting even going on which prevented me from getting any really good angles, but these ought to do the trick for now. Linking photos because they are enormohuge resolution. http://i.imgur.com/enxQz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xLdh7...

Great find! If the 2001 was installed within the last few years sometime, it is very well likely to be a 130. I would doubt that the city/county would buy used 2001s. I think it was installed within the past few months. Logic automatically says it's a 130 but it looked like the back was square rath...

For some background, there are three super-old jailbar sirens in Denver, two being Lincoln Elementary and Cole Junior High which are both, at least nowadays, painted black. Today I drove up to the third at Smiley Junior High and found it is an original - and from what I saw absolutely pristine - yel...

Seems kinda old-school going off the website.

I'm going through my daily circuit of cartoons on the internet.

Here's today's Toothpaste for Dinner. (I'll just link it because it's got iffy language)

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/0615 ... ffense.gif

Nothing much, but it brightened my day a little.

Always cool to see more jailbar Thunderbolts.