Fire Engines Photos

Once again; neat combination of British and North American fire-engine.

Big steam lorry history, started in 1887 as Edwin Foden Sons & Co Ltd.

Edwin Richard Foden saw the future lay in oil engines; and broke away from the family firm, to found ERF in 1931.

Absorbed by the German MAN AG in 2000.

Interestingly, the original Foden is now part of PACCAR (USA Pacific Car & Foundry Co. Ltd); along with other hallowed truck names as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Leyland and DAF...

Stowing the ladder atop the cab is quite original.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 26 October 2009.

Foden stopped building trucks in 2006 after Paccar pulled the plug on them after 150 years of making the finest vehicles in the world .

Sadly the machine above is nothing more than a re-badged MAN like Fodens became a re-badged DAF .

Added by John Johnstone on 31 October 2009.

Sorry the comment about the re-badged bit was meant for the Bucks fire appliance not this one, sorry for any confussion .

Added by John Johnstone on 01 November 2009.

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