![]() WLF's were never very popular among the firefighters. After the Firebrands, I don't believe there were any more pre -war pumpers as front line rigs, although some remained as 2d piece hose wagons for a few years. Some Firebrands replaced older WLF's (E40, up the street from my high school on Amsterdam Ave.) or the last of the 1947 "L"'s (E46, 82) still working in busy areas. E42 got one, retiring its 1941 Mack "L", which they had received from the factory and was still going strong after nineteen years of front line service. G-man is correct in their use as replacements for the older rigs. They preferred the C Model Mack's that had entered the job beginning in 1958. They felt it a step back in the quality of equipment, as they had with the purchase of the FWD wooden aerials in 1955. "When the WLF Firebrands went into service in1960 they were nicknamed "The Pagoda" by the firefighters because the cab looked like it had been designed in Chinatown.
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