Fire Engines Photos

picture 17822 shows same appliance in 1982 photographed outside Pitlochry Fire Station with Tayside Fire Brigade lettering.

Added by Graham Willey on 27 June 2011.

I checked the site to see if there already was a pic of the old girl... but without a registration number not much chance I'd find it :( I've added that to the description of the other photo too now.

Thanks Graham!






Added by Marcel Gommers on 27 June 2011.

Mark, fabulous photo, well captured thanks, , !!

Added by Pavel on 28 June 2011.

Nice little machines , I joined tayside in 1984 and this was the B division spare at that time , Taysides 4 volunteer stations all had Gamecocks at that time and did so until 1987 these replaced Land-Rover trailer pumps and when the gamecocks were retired some had less than 4000 miles on , one was sliced in two and used as a bar counter in a theme pub ! I am still with Tayside (not long now)

Added by Big Al on 29 June 2011.

This appliance is now in the stewardship of the recently established 'Dundee Museum of Transport' having been kindly donated to The Museum by Tayside Fire and Rescue Service. A timely move in view of the pending unification of Fire and Rescue Services in Scotland from April 2013. Had she not been donated, there is no knowing what fate would have awaited her as as preserved vehicles are likely to be well down the priority list for the new unified Scottish Fire & Rescue Service?

Added by Keith Richardson on 03 June 2012.

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