Fire Engines Photos

I remember seeing this Leyland at Middlesborough Parkside fire station around 1960, when it shared the appliance room with a Dennis F12 PE, an F7 DP, the unique F12 low profile water tender with its removable fibreglass roof cap, a prewar open cab two door Leyland TL and a postwar Leyland Comet pump. At that time the town did not have an ET, and I believe this unit was subsequently replaced by an ET a bit later on. The third officer told me "it is not something we get to use very often".

Added by Rob Johnson on 26 January 2023.

The Leyland Society's chassis list records XG 3910 as a FT2 dating from 3/36. They also have XG 2450 as an FK1 from 2/34 and XG 7767 as a TLM2A from 1941, for Middlesbrough County Borough.

Ed: thanks for that so XG3910 it is. Is the database for members only or is it on the internet?

Added by Chris Wood on 02 February 2023.

Hi Ed.
The Leyland Society list I refer to can be found at the back of their book, 'Leyland Fire Engines 1930-1942'.
ISBN 0-9545216-1-7. I believe they subsequently brought out another book covering later models.

Added by Chris Wood on 05 February 2023.

Good to know their old TL was actually bought in 1941. I was told only two of these were ever built.

Added by Rob Johnson on 05 February 2023.

One of the Middlesborough Leylands I mentioned in a comment above, XG2450, is on this site at picture 18386

Added by Chris Wood on 26 February 2023.

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