Fire Engines Photos

picture 45972 depicts the “eckhauber” or square nose version of this Magirus design, which came after this earlier “rundhauber” or round nose bonnet. As these were both air cooled engines, they had no radiators - so no need for a vertical rectangular grille. The eckhauber did have a bigger cooling fan, but the rest of the vehicle specification was pretty much the same, with the cab remaining unchanged. Although Magirus offered forward control chassis in the early sixties, these did not become very popular until later. As mentioned elsewhere on this site, four forward control chassis made their way to Scotland in 1967, but even then a lot of German fire services still preferred conventional control chassis. The firm was still building quite a few TTLs with optional crew cabs well into the seventies. They were very popular with volunteer fire companies, which often enough had sufficient personnel to staff them with four or more crew members.

Added by Rob Johnson on 01 November 2025.

This vintage ladder truck has both the original pair of blue lights and the added beacons which were a later design.

Added by Rob Johnson on 02 November 2025.

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