Fire Engines Photos

From the Reg No I think it is one of the very early ones. The prototype was LYO reg. Anyone know if it's still extant?

Added by Neal Glover on 17 February 2010.

i would guess this did not survive.

Added by Michael Jones on 17 February 2010.

For anyone who is interested, LYO 804 survives in preservation. It saw service in Norfolk after the AFS along with LYO 805.

Added by Chris Wood on 18 February 2010.

Culham Laboratory was a former government site near Abingdon in Oxfordshire.The site has been closed for a number of years.

Added by Alan Jones.ex Royal Berkshire Fire Rescue. on 21 February 2010.

I Drove this at Culham labs, 1981, it was out second appliance. Bloody crash box was lethal if you did not get the gear change right.

Brilliant pumping machine.

Added by Robin on 27 March 2012.

Culham Laboratoy is still there it hosts the JET project as well as others. The fire service is no longer a fire service.

It is now a private security company running the show, the fire engines and ambluance has now gone. When I started we had 3 watches each with 12 men on a watch this was the amount of cover that was required at the time.

Added by Robin on 28 March 2012.

Robin,
Suprised to hear that projects are still taking place without the cover previously mentioned! Still thats progress!??
I trained with Pete Fathers and Norman "Geordie" Watson , do you remember them!
Alan Ex Berks&Reading

p.s. were you retained at stn 18 Abingdon?

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Added by Alan Jones on 28 March 2012.

see also picture 41893 for Culham sister appliance which may be preserved.

Added by Petros on 14 June 2020.

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