<div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hello everyone,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum has three fire trucks that have been determined to be off-mandate and are looking for new homes. The cost of transporting the vehicles would be the burden of the new owner. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The fire trucks have been outside and exposed to the elements for a number of years now and would need some restoration work. The three trucks are: </font></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1000.02px"><div style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">1. American LaFrance Fire truck (2000.38.01)</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>History:</b> It was built for the Canadian Naval Division
on Vancouver Island during WWII. It was used by the navy until 1955, and then
was used by the Esquimalt fire department until 1959. The truck was then bought
by Father O'Grady for the College Heights fire department from the province.
The truck was called "Fergus" after Father O' Grady. It never was
used in Prince George because they could not get it running. It was donated to
CBCRFM in 1999. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">2. Thibault Fire Truck (2000.37.01)</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>History: </b>It was built for North Vancouver. It was sold
to Upper Fraser Mills in 1977. The truck's 500-gallon tank was replaced with a 1000-gallon
tank at this time. This fire truck was used by canfor until it was donated to
CBCRFM in 2001.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">3. 1952 GMC Fire Truck (2001.77.01)</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>History: </b>It was used in Prince George until 1973, where
it was used by the Fraser Lake Fire Department. It was then donated to the
CBCRFM in 1993 by the Pontiac Schultz dealership who had acquired it from
Fraser Lake. </font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt">
</p><div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">If you wish to see current pictures of the trucks or have any questions or inquires about the pieces. Please email Deidre Pratt at <a href="mailto:dpratt@pgrfm.bc.ca">dpratt@pgrfm.bc.ca</a> or call us at 250-563-7351.</font></div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">Thank you!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>