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15-FEB-2009

Engine 32 on the Edge

Doesn't belong in the 2008 gallery,.....not sure where to put it, but I want to be sure the current FS folks get a chance to see it. It's from the mid to early 90's, when an Engine nearly slid down a scree slope in torrential rain and fog.
I could figure out the date if I found interior photos of the lookout. They had just brought up a new propane stove/oven in gusting, wet winds.........up metal stairs and slippery rocks.

I think they tried two different tow trucks from Downieville Motors to pull this back up onto the road, but to no avail. It took a bulldozer to pull this out.
To this day, no FS engine has made the journey beyond the Bee Tree.
From a slide.


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Clint 06-Jun-2009 14:19
I remember when this happened. It still makes me laugh at those guys. I'm sure Arnold will have the actual date and even the crew.
Guest 24-Feb-2009 05:29
Wow! That is back in the day, looks like they still had the 3 digit numbers.

Babbitt LO