Fire Engines Photos

I'd like to ask Paul if this is actually a 1938 Leyland; from the lights, fenders, etc. it seems to be more like a late 1920s or early 30s. Thanks.


Added by Bob Graham on 07 April 2009.

This isn't a Leyland - it's a Meadows engined Albion.

Added by Ian Moore on 07 April 2009.

Bob,
What I should have added to my last is that JEV 802 actually dates from 1940.

Added by Ian Moore on 07 April 2009.

this looks more like an albion to me maybe wrong? is it the one alan greenwood had?

Added by Jason on 07 April 2009.

Strange - I see the caption describes it as 1938 -wheras the registration (and the Home Office Return of what was in the NFS) both quote it as 1940.

Added by Ian Moore on 07 April 2009.

I'm only going on what the plaque stated at the Museum, see picture 16406. Paul.

Added by Paul Warnock on 07 April 2009.

Yes, I fully realise that Paul, and I'm not criticising - just making the point about differences in information sources.

Added by Ian Moore on 08 April 2009.

I wonder if the museum inadvertently placed the wrong plaque next to this TL. I've photographed many Leylands and have the supposedly definitive book on the classic pre-war production machines, but nowhere have I seen a Leyland that did not have the LEYLAND logo prominently displayed at the top of the tall radiator(quite different on this TL), as are the fenders of all the late 1930s production models shown in the Leyland Fire Engines book released through the Leyland Society.

Added by Bob Graham on 09 April 2009.

See also picture 20696 when I spotted it in Wrexham many years ago.

Added by Peter Williams on 29 November 2016.

It's a Merryweather ladder pointing to just pre or early war years. This is a TLP in the true sense carrying a hosereel. I suppose today it would be a CTLP!

Added by Neal Glover on 30 November 2016.

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