[Scan-DC] new (to me) Alexandria Fire equipment seen tonight

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 08:41:00 -0400 BoxAlarm187 at aol.com writes:
> Yes, T203 is a fairly new piece of fire apparatus.  It's a 2003 
> American LaFrance 100' mid-mount tower ladder.

I'm sure Alexandria knew what it was doing, but after watching it back
slowly out of a dead end street, with the help of a few spotters, I can
tell you that Tower 203 might be a difficult piece of equipment to drive
through some of Alexandria's streets. Both my sighting and the photo you
provided show it is rigid, not articulated. The specified travel length
is 47'-3". That's the length of a railroad boxcar.