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August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:08 pm

Well, Yesterday I returned to my home state for a day with Christopher J. (Our very own TrainsAndSirens1) to a place near Autaguaville, Alabama to pick up a 2001-130 he bought. Yes, I am not joking. A 2001-130. Here are pictures of sirens from said trip:

Here is the first siren we actually photographed (or I did, at least). This is a Thunderbolt on Carmichael Road in Montgomery, which I have appropriately nicknamed the Plantbolt:
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A whelen across the street from Plantbolt
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Christopher's Model 2:
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Thunderbeam and Whelen behind the Wendy's at Spruce and Ann in Montgomery:
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Autauga Co. 2001:
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Crusty STH-10 in Autaguaville:
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Christopher's new 2001-130
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Plantbolt II and a Whelen. Schley and Rice in Montgomery.
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Three for two!
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On the way home, we saw this Model 5 in the smack center of Lanett, Alabama:
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In Hogansville, Georgia, we found an old Model 2, a Whelen, and a simplex horn setup, all in one picture!
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Christopher's 2001-130 at my house, freshly liberated from Alabama:
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And this wraps up my side of the journey, Christopher may post his pictures and stuff here.
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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Sun Aug 23, 2015 4:35 pm

Who decided to go ahead and get rid of a 2001-130, and why?
Resident of a county with big a mixture of sirens, but in the process of being replaced. :(

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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Sun Aug 23, 2015 4:47 pm

carexpertandy wrote:Who decided to go ahead and get rid of a 2001-130, and why?
I'm thinking that it was replaced with a Vortex. The county has a few and some 28/2900 series.
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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:45 pm

I'll let Christopher explain in detail, but suffice it to say, as per IRC, it wasn't county-owned at all, and wasn't replaced with anything either.
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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:47 pm

One of those situations where Reverse 911 is the "replacement?"
Resident of a county with big a mixture of sirens, but in the process of being replaced. :(

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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:46 pm

carexpertandy wrote:One of those situations where Reverse 911 is the "replacement?"
Last I understood... Pagers...
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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:24 am

About the one with the RSH-10 next to the Vortex, I don't know why, but that picture just feels weird t me. No idea why.
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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:39 pm

Apillow wrote:About the one with the RSH-10 next to the Vortex, I don't know why, but that picture just feels weird t me. No idea why.
Could be because of the sun light coming in the corner of the photo.

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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:15 pm

Nah. It might be because my city only has be city owned siren that isn't a 2001. It's a thunder beam.
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Re: August 22nd, 2015 Alabama trip

Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:40 pm

The 2001 was never owned by a city. It was owned by a biomass plant. They removed it because the area it was at in the plant was being demolished. If my memory from last week is correct, they were initially going to reinstall it but never got around to it.
Apillow wrote:About the one with the RSH-10 next to the Vortex, I don't know why, but that picture just feels weird t me. No idea why.
How so?
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