Fire Engines Photos

Although I was unable to open the photo on this site of the famously unique Middlesbrough half cab F12 water tender which is also partly visible in this photo, I am very pleased to see it seems to be in relatively good condition following a patchy history after it left front line service. Designed with an open cab so that it could access areas of the port with very low bridges, it subsequently wore a fiberglass roof cap, which could be lifted off and left at the roadside by the crew if necessary. The 35 foot ladder was stored inside the body on the left side. Because It was a two piece extension, it was so long that it ran all the was forward to the cowl, suppressing the OIC seat as well as forcing the rear crew seat to be accessible only from the right side - and limiting crew seating to four (unless all the rear seat occupants were very slender!)

All this could probably have been avoided by mounting a three piece extension above the rear body, but apparently nobody thought of that…. The result was a delightfully odd machine, which has fortunately been preserved as a unique bit of firefighting history. BTW it had a 900 GPM Dennis #3 pump and a 400 IG water tank on the same 12’6” WB chassis as all other Dennis F12s.

Ed: picture should open fine now.

Added by Rob Johnson on 29 March 2022.

It is my photo Rob and FXG300 appears to be under retoration at the museum. The Green Goddess and NFS Heavy Pump either side were in very good order.

Added by CraigW on 30 March 2022.

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