Fire Engines Photos

Rare two door cab. Most of these ERF snorkels and TLs had four door cabs with two rear facing seats - like most contemporary American fire apparatus.

But, as the set back engine position allowed a dual front passenger seat, even the two door could accommodate a crew of three.

In practice, it seems very few brigades ever crewed these with four or five firefighters. More often they had only a driver and sometimes one or rarely two additional persons.

Added by Rob Johnson on 13 March 2020.

New to Horsham in 1970 in all over Coventry Yellow, it moved to Worthing after virtually identical LBP 773J was written off in a RTC on the M1 whilst away at ERF for modifications. Both LBP 773J and MPX 842J had their cabs painted red on the late 1970s. It was replaced at Horsham by Dennis Delta SS220 FPO23X. Flanked in this picture by Dennis RS XOT 160V and Dennis R133 TCR 349T, although the Dennis R could be TCR 351T depending on actual date of the picture.

Added by Jon Godden on 15 March 2020.

LBP 773J was damaged on 18/4/1980 as you say on
the M1 near Milton Keynes, it was returning from
Simon, Dudley, where work had been carried out,
the Rear Axle seized, requiring a Rear End Tow,
whilst this was taking place it came into collision with an overbridge, the appliance was
recovered to Broughton F.S.Buckinghamshire, later
deemed an insurance write off, it was sold back to
Simon, Dudley, 2 of 3 ERF HPs written off.

Added by M.West on 17 March 2020.

This was an ERF 84RS/HCB-Angus/Simon SS85 with Jennings cab and Rolls-Royce B81SV straight-8 petrol engine. Yellow booms as Leicester City F.B. HP10, NRY 999F.

Added by David Williams on 15 May 2020.

I believe most fire services were switching to diesel by the early 1970s, so its interesting to see this being supplied with the Rolls B81.

If I'm right, the first ERF appliances in 1966 already had the new Perkins V8 diesel engine, and this was the "standard" power unit for many years.

Added by Rob Johnson on 15 May 2020.

Darlington bought an ERF Snorkel, which is depicted on this site, with an unusual Cummins V8 diesel in 1967, which was specified because the Cummins engine factory was in the town.

The brigade also bought a Dennis pump with a Cummins engine many years later, once again when the manufacturer was installing Perkins engines as their standard offering.

Added by Rob Johnson on 04 October 2022.

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