Local collector Richard James leans on 516 today at a photo shoot for his other apparatus.  These rigs date back to 1954 and were all in, or are in, service with the Alpha Fire Company.  From right to left:

• 512 - A CF Mack, long in service as the front line attack engine of the Company.
• 17 - The 1954 Mack - Maxim 75 foot aerial ladder in service up to 1975.  The first truck company in the history of the Alpha Fire Company formed around this rig in the early 1970s and trained extensively on it.
• 511 - Another CF Mack that was the pride of the Company.
• 516 - A 75 foot Mack / Baker Aerialscope platform.  This rig was purchased in 1975 and replaced 17.  It represented the change into truck companies formed around platforms rather than ladders.  516 is still in active service.