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LTX 855 ex-Pump Escape Cardiff
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No: 33412   Contributor: Tony (Taff) Madsen   Year: 1967   Manufacturer: AEC   Country: United Kingdom
LTX 855 ex-Pump Escape Cardiff

AEC PE being used as a pump and carrying 35ft timber Ajax ladder. Rubbish fire near Cardiff foreshore. Fleet No15 seen in 1967. The other PE was fleet No4.
Picture added on 18 November 2012 at 16:28
add commentComments:
Thats a former Glamorgan C.C. machine. The two Cardiff ones were FKG50 and FKG512.

Added by Ron Henderson on 18 November 2012.
All appliances and crews transferred at Whitchurch in 1968 from Glamorgan when the city boundaries were extended.

Added by Andrew Middleton on 19 November 2012.
Yes served in Whitchurch station, not the best time for my service life, had lost interest

Added by George Griffin on 18 March 2019.
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