Fire Engines Photos

Dodge? Or Renault?

Added by Marcel Gommers on 14 October 2009.

Is it possibly a Forestry Commission vehicle, do they have light appliances?

Added by TOMMY SWINDLE on 14 October 2009.

Marcel,i thought it was a Dodge,but maybe not.
It has Broadway training solutions on the side.

Added by Bob on 14 October 2009.

its a Renault.

Added by Michael Jones on 14 October 2009.

I have been informed this a Renault with bodywork by HCB ANGUS. It was owned from new by Glaxo at the Factory at Ware, Hertfordshire. It has also been used to test dry risers. It now belongs to a member of the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway Fire Department.It was originally painted red.

Added by Paul Warnock on 14 October 2009.

Um, I don't think it is actually steam-powered; more likely one of those new-fangled Internal Combustion Engines......

Sorry, couldn't resist - always get a kick out of the non-steam powered vehicles on show, at the various Steam Shows......

But, then, again; over here, we still have the Steamer Connection on our fire-hydrants - the Steamers (Steam Pumps)have been long gone since the 1920's.

Would the long-suffering crew have ridden in the box-part?

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 15 October 2009.

Thanks to everyone for their helpful comments,Pat R-B,don't forget that steamers need water,what better to supply it than a fire truck!

Added by Bob on 15 October 2009.

Renault bought Dodge in the late '80s. So, technically, it's both a Dodge and a Renault.

Added by YelpBullhorn on 15 October 2009.

Its suprising how many former fire appliances are used by enthusiasts or other bodies who operate either preserved Railways, or Steam Road Locomotives (Traction Engines).
I've previously enclosed a view of a former Tyne and Wear Dennis and another of a Lancashire Bedford both of which are used in that role.
This one appears to be an exhibit rather than a service vehicle. As for the Green livery, perhaps its a pseudo military vehicle?

Added by Chris Hall Teesside. UK. on 15 October 2009.

Why yes, Bob; that makes perfect sense - having preserved Fire Engines haul feed-water for the Steamers' boilers, vintage Coal Lorries for fuel; and restored Saw-Mills for firewood; makes a great time for everybody.....

There's nothing like these Steam Shows, at all, in my neck of the woods - probably have to travel West, a thousand miles or so, to find one; so I have to enjoy them on the Web....

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 16 October 2009.

see picture 22240 for later guise.

Added by Peter Williams on 15 February 2010.

More often than not the heritage railways use these vehicles to respond to lineside fires - especially in the rural areas where most of these lines are found. The majority of these line use mains supplies, via water softeners in hard water areas, to fill their engines. The retired fire engines come into their own at steam rallies where water supplies are not available. I saw Saltburn's Dennis PE watering K2 62001 when it hauled a special train into Saltburn during the mid 1980s as there are no watering facilities left on most of BR for steam locomotives.

Added by Neil Dahlgaard-Sigsworth on 19 January 2013.

Yelp Bullhorn - It was actually Chrysler who bought various vehicle productions off Commer in the late 70s, including the S series vans and G series lorries, who then badged these vehicles as Dodges. In the late 80s, Peugeot bought the brand and badged them as Renaults.

Added by W Smith on 30 October 2024.

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