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Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:05 pm

Does anyone know the locations to the decomm'd (decommissioned) fire stations that have sirens on them?
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:17 pm

I have a bunch of old siren photos that I saved off of eBay because they were Chicago installations and I knew someday they would come in handy.
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Well I do believe they just served their purpose. A couple of the photos were labled "Atop the field building in Chicago" They must've had every type of siren up there to see how far they would carry. Anyways I went on Bing and spotted something.
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Looks like a sirex to me. Some one needs to get up there and snap some pics.
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:31 pm

Crazywarriorman wrote:I have a bunch of old siren photos that I saved off of eBay because they were Chicago installations and I knew someday they would come in handy.
Very cool photos! The first one was actually taken in Boston, not Chicago. It would be cool if someone could get up on the building and take some photos.
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:02 pm

Siren_Dude wrote:
Crazywarriorman wrote:I have a bunch of old siren photos that I saved off of eBay because they were Chicago installations and I knew someday they would come in handy.
Very cool photos! The first one was actually taken in Boston, not Chicago. It would be cool if someone could get up on the building and take some photos.
Ah! No wonder then. I always thought it was kind of weird that they had a random M series sterling.
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:30 pm

That christler siren looks really cool with its factory paint! is anyone here gana try to obtane any of the abandoned Chicago siens?
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:35 pm

STL-10 at Gillespie School near 95th and State st. There is also a replacement 2001 out back.

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Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:36 am

Crazywarriorman wrote: Image
Is this one an HOR product? It looks almost like a smaller version of the Super Sirex. Even the rotator mech. looks very similar.
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Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:39 am

Westgate Thunderbolt wrote: Is this one an HOR product? It looks almost like a smaller version of the Super Sirex. Even the rotator mech. looks very similar.
Yessir it was! It was one of the earlier ones made due to the fact that there is no cover over the motor. Plus it's a 50 horse too. The later ones (like yours) had the cover over both choppers and the motor, and then the 40 HP motor.
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Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:43 am

Maybe I'm wrong, but judging by how close the people are to it that siren is considerably smaller than a Super Sirex.
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Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:06 am

They weren't too big. But they were pretty cool looking.
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