Fire Engines Photos

I think you're correct to suggest it may have been re-registered. I'm pretty sure 'SV' like 'SU' is one of the unused Scottish registrations that get issued in such cases.

Ed: I have found a flaw in my logic though. Graeme Kirkwood's website says" B157USR, Dodge G16/G&T/Merryweather B (ladders Ex LES448)" so this picture cannot be LES448!

Added by Chris Wood on 31 December 2022.

New to Swansea as 511HCY. Happy New Year.

Ed: here it is

flickr.com/photos/mr-bg/5506727890/in/photolist-9oBqmj-TNThZY-fLMBdy

Added by Ronald Henderson on 31 December 2022.

This was 511HCY TLP of City of Swansea Fire Brigade, later West Glamorgan Fire Service

Added by Christopher Stone on 01 January 2023.

Chris id right Perth's was a 1959 model with older style chrome bumper.

Added by Grant Melville on 01 January 2023.

Just to top up Grant's info LES448 carried the earlier Type A Ladder. When that ladder set was mounted on the Dodge G16 chassis which became B157USR, it looked a bit of a miss-match and didn't make for a good looking appliance. Grant might be able to confirm but 157 wasn't in service all that long?

Added by Keith Richardson on 02 January 2023.

B157USR when new was sent 1st to the Kingsway Fire Station 11 which didn't last long(Which I have a photograph of) Then transferred to the Old Station 2 Strathmore Avenue, which I remember in 1990. Then MacAlpine Road Jan 1991 when the station just went operational. Disposed of in 1992 after a Leading Fireman was killed in England after a similar ladder collapsed with fatigue at a drill. The ladders was removed and the chassis remained up at Perth with the intention to make it a prime mover. It never happened and was sold off/scrapped.

Added by Grant Melville on 02 January 2023.

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