LIMESTONE — Three years ago, Limestone Fire Chief Mike Whalen reconnected with a part of his history with the Limestone Fire Protection District.

During a vacation to French Lick, Ind., Whalen paid a visit to the Plainville, Ind., fire department to see an old friend — the 1968 International Harvester Alexis engine Limestone sold to Plainville in 1991.

That engine was the second apparatus in Limestone’s fleet in 1968. It was the engine his father, Jerry Whalen, gave him his first ride on as a kid.