Fire Engines Photos

This is the later design cab, with a four door configuration, unlike the earlier ones, which had two central doors, and are illustrated many times on this site.

These were originally requested by London Fire Brigade, who also purchased several dual purpose appliances from Merryweather and (I think) David Haydon with the same style cab.

Apart from better maneuverability due to a shorter wheelbase because the front axle was further back, it also made cab access easier for the driver and other crew members - if any.

The 1966 registration suggests that this was probably one of the last of this design, as the AEC Ergomatic cab was introduced around this time.

Added by Rob Johnson on 07 April 2020.

This is NWY490E. 1967 AEC Mercury based at Harrogate. Picture taken outside the Conference Centre. New to West Riding fire service, passed to North Yorkshire on local Government reorganisation. Went as a reserve TL, disposed of in 1987.

Added by Paul Warnock on 08 April 2020.

Paul - This was presumably one of the out of town TLs which attended the York Minister fire?

For a few years after the fire, York City had two TLs on the run, both am Ergomatic cab Merryweather and an ERF Magirus, which is preserved.

The reason was that reinforcing TLs had to be dispatched from Harrogate and Scarborough, which of course took a lot of time...

Added by Rob Johnson on 10 April 2020.

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