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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/41/4NEm7.St.138.jpeg|3722012 is the 125th anniversary of the Charlotte Fire Department. Since firefighter Jeff Dixon maintains the department's vintage and historic trucks he is as closely tied to it's history as anyone. Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station # 23, worked at cleaning the trucks, including this Seagrave engine from 1971, Wednesday November 21, 2012 in preparation for the Thanksgiving Day parade. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/41/689Kw.St.138.jpeg|391Jeff Dixon nuzzles Chief, his six-month-old Dalmatian, that will be part of parades riding on a fire truck next to him after a little more obediance training. 2012 is the 125th anniversary of the Charlotte Fire Department. Since firefighter Jeff Dixon maintains the department's vintage and historic trucks he is as closely tied to it's history as anyone. Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station # 23, worked at cleaning the trucks Wednesday November 21, 2012 in preparation for the Thanksgiving Day parade. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/41/13pz3C.St.138.jpeg|4042012 is the 125th anniversary of the Charlotte Fire Department. Since firefighter Jeff Dixon maintains the department's vintage and historic trucks he is as closely tied to it's history as anyone. Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station # 23, worked at cleaning the trucks, including this Seagrave engine from 1958, Wednesday November 21, 2012 in preparation for the Thanksgiving Day parade. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/41/wqlhJ.St.138.jpeg|3782012 is the 125th anniversary of the Charlotte Fire Department. Since firefighter Jeff Dixon maintains the department's vintage and historic trucks he is as closely tied to it's history as anyone. Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station # 23, dusted and polished fire trucks including the Neptune hand pump engine from 1866 (left) and the American LaFrance Engine from 1928 (right) the trucks Wednesday November 21, 2012 in preparation for the Thanksgiving Day parade. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/42/1lYZ2f.St.138.jpeg|458Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, his arm stretched out in a reflection looks like it is about eight feet long, as he polishes a 1903 American Steam fire engine a day before the Thanksgiving Day parade. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/42/3wcmj.St.138.jpeg|403Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, polished and dust every bit of a 1958 Seagrave fire engine a day before the Thanksgiving Day parade in Charlotte. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/42/aPV6z.St.138.jpeg|409CFD chief Jon Hannan and Jeff Dixon, an engineer at Station 23 are the keepers of the flame for the department. Chief Hannan chose Dixon several years ago to rebuild and tend an ever-growing stable of historic and antique fire trucks that were actually used to fight fires in Charlotte. Dixon has done his job so well that ll of the trucks actually work and could be used to battle a blaze today. Hannan and Dxion looked over some of the trucks on Tuesday December 11, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/48/8YG4Q.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon (back left), an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, checks last minute details while his 12-year-old son Cody Dixon takes a seat behind the wheel of a 1958 Seagrave fire engine that will later roll in the Thanksgiving Day parade in Charlotte. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/48/RokP6.St.138.jpeg|410A 1958 Seagrave fire engine pulls out of the "old shop" under the watchful eye of Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department before the Thanksgiving Day parade. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/46/SF3A.St.138.jpeg|404Jeff Dixon, an engineer with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron that pulled a steam fire truck called "Old Sue" with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/1hsTkf.St.138.jpeg|413The rising sun shines through the radiator cap of a 1928 American LaFrance fire engine before the Thanksgiving Day parade in Charlotte. Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/Rjtt9.St.138.jpeg|418Jeff Dixon, an engineer with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron that pulled a steam fire truck called "Old Sue" with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/gUmy8.St.138.jpeg|413CFD chief Jon Hannan and Jeff Dixon, an engineer at Station 23 are the keepers of the flame for the department. Chief Hannan chose Dixon several years ago to rebuild and tend an ever-growing stable of historic and antique fire trucks that were actually used to fight fires in Charlotte. Dixon has done his job so well that ll of the trucks actually work and could be used to battle a blaze today. Hannan and Dxion looked over some of the trucks on Tuesday December 11, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/46/1251Li.St.138.jpeg|413Nailing down the details and preparing all the historic antique fire trucks is Jeff Dixon's job before the Thanksgiving Day parade. He helps carry a fire hose for the1866 Neptune hand pump fire engine. Dixon, an engineer with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horse that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/1smlri.St.138.jpeg|344Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, his son Cody Dixon, 12, and other Charlotte fire fighters put their backs into stopping an 1866 Neptune hand pump fire engine after they rolled it off a trailer before the Thanksgiving Day parade. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/14aPnP.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, attaches a siphon to the 1866 Neptune hand pump fire engine in preparation for the Thanksgiving Day parade. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/1m032D.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, gives an early morning greeting to one of the Percheron draft horses he'll drive down Tryon Street in the Thanksgiving Day parade. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/46/17Rhj9.St.138.jpeg|399Jeff Dixon, an engineer with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/52/1bCDP2.St.138.jpeg|421Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, and his son Cody Dixon, 12, get dressed Thursday morning before the Thanksgiving Day parade in Charlotte. Dixon is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/47/1pIuVt.St.138.jpeg|404CFD Chief Jon Hannan (most gold bars on sleeve) talks with 12-year-old Cody Dixon while Cody's dad, Jeff Dixon (right on phone), coordinates last minute details before the Thanksgiving Day parade. Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/52/4J9y.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, and his son Cody Dixon, 12, go from fire truck to fire truck checking that everything is working Thursday morning before the Thanksgiving Day parade in Charlotte. Dixonis also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/52/91Buz.St.138.jpeg|461Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/52/pfJAv.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/52/uJd64.St.138.jpeg|379Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/51/6JG8m.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/51/iXDrM.St.138.jpeg|410Jeff Dixon (left), an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/51/JQppD.St.138.jpeg|525Some of the Charlotte Fire Department's fleet of historic antique fire trucks file past the department's giant American flag on Tryon Street during the Thanksgiving Day parade. Jeff Dixon (far left), an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/51/I5Sbn.St.138.jpeg|413Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/51/HNUPe.St.138.jpeg|402Jeff Dixon, an engineer at station 23 with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron draft horses that pulled a 1903 American Steam fire engine called "Old Sue" along with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/25/15/52/1303Qk.St.138.jpeg|409Jeff Dixon, an engineer with the Charlotte Fire Department, is also the keeper of the flame because he refurbishes and maintains the department's historic antique fleet of working fire trucks. Dixon guided a pair of Percheron that pulled a steam fire truck called "Old Sue" with four other vintage CFD trucks in the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday November 22, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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