Fire Engines Photos

Ian, I'm surprised there was no comment following this excelent posting. Would the headlamp positioned below the left-h side have been standard or added by the Brigade, thanks,,,,

Added by Pavel Zaremba on 23 May 2009.

hi pavel,i think this is standard fitting and there is not much history know at this time hope some one can enlighten us?.

Added by Ian Mc on 02 June 2009.

Pav that single light on the near side of the radiator is a fog lamp.....it was the custom to fit them as a single unit......nowadays that would be illegal

Added by Barrie Green on 03 June 2009.

It's great to see yet another Leyland limousine to have been saved; I'm late in commenting on it, but cannot remember seeing it a "new" page. Does Ian know from what year it comes? I looks very similar to some of those I've posted, so it's probably from '37-38. The fog light was apparently an optional extra with brigades. My 1936 catalog doesn't show it on any of the machines Leyland photographed, but I have photos of several with left side installation and one(Durham) with a right side hook up; thanks for posting it Ian.

Added by Bob Graham on 13 June 2009.

I believe on the old 'Construction & Use' Regs...if a single fog light was fitted it had to be on the near-side of the vehicle.....as a kerb finder. If you look at pics of buses dated up to the late 1950s many of those will have the single fog lamp

Added by Barrie Green on 13 June 2009.

hi Bob, not much history know,served Thornaby on Tees, North Riding then Head wrightson Thornaby as works appliance ian mc

Added by Ian Mc on 13 June 2009.

This Leyland FK9 was supplied in 1939 as a pump escape to the Thornaby-on-Tees Municipal Borough Fire Brigade and, after service with the NFS from 1941 until 1948, it passed to the North Riding of Yorkshire Fire Brigade. Subsequently it was sold to Head Wrightson at Thornaby for their Teesdale Iron Works. It was in preservation in Hampshire and was sold at auction at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in the late 1980s. For many years it was at the Preston Hall Museum, Stockton-on-Tees and passed to the Shildon Lorry Museum in 2008. This museum has several other fire appliances and is well worth a visit (see their website for opening times).

Added by Simon Rowley on 18 December 2009.

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