Engine Collection (page 4)

Watts Steam Engine circa 1765

George Stephensons locomotive, the Rocket, which won a prize given by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company

Horse drawn fire engine
A horse drawn fire engine

LFDCA-LFB Volvo dual purpose diesel pump ladder
Pictured on Blackheath in SE London, the pump ladder from Greenwich fire station

Locomotive no 148 Cawdor Castle

Fire Engine in Action
A London fire-engine in action racing to a burning building

LCC-MFB Headquarters station at Southwark SE1
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was created in 1866, having replaced the former London Fire Engine Establishment brigade. It moved from its former Watling Street HQ to the Southwark site due to

Hensons Aerial Steam Carriage
The Aerial Steam Carriage -- enlarged view of the steam engine. This flying machine was patented by William Samuel Henson (1812-1888) and John Stringfellow (1799-1883) in 1842. 1843

Locomotive no 902 Highland Chief

Steam Train
Steam Engine from the Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, canada

Sutherland Fire Engine
Merryweathers Sutherland fire-engine, which gained first prize at the international contest at the Crystal Palace. The engine continued in use for 27 years

Pumping Engine
Kempton Park, Surrey : the triple expansion pumping engine in the waterworks. Note the size of the men

Watts Steam Engine
James Watts improved steam engine of 1788

TREVITHICKs LOCO 1808
Trevithicks latest engine, known as the " catch-me-who- can" is the centre-piece at the steam circus on the New Road, Euston Square, London

The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in German Fliegender Hamburger was Germanys first fast diesel train

Victory steam engine on the Henley-on-Thames Bridge
The story is that the steam engine is off to join the troops in the Boer War Date: early 1900s

Hush Hush Railway Engine crossing the Forth Rail Bridge
Hush Hush Railway Engine (designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley CBE) crossing the Forth Rail Bridge. The LNER W1 No. 10000 (known as the Hush-Hush due to its secrecy)

GLC-LFB ERF diesel pump-escape fire engine
The ERF pump escape attached to Millwall fire station, the latest addition to the Brigades appliance fleet. It was a dual-purpose appliance that could carry either the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder

Locomotion at Darlington Railway Station early 1900s

Newcastle under Lyme Railway Station early 1900s

Major fire in Wandsworth Road, Clapham SW8
London firefighters and the London Salvage Corps (in the long coats) at the scene of a fire involving shops and dwellings in Wandsworth Road, Clapham, SW8, on 9 September 1959. Date: 1959

Bristol Jupiter and Bristol Lucifer engine production in the early 1920s. Date: 1920

Cutaway drawing of the Rolls Royce / Snecma Olympus 593 engine
Cutaway drawing of the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engine installation on Concorde

Hendon Fire Brigade (later part of Middlesex FB)
In 1855 a fire brigade was established in Hendon, renamed the Hendon Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1866, and a manual fire engine was kept in a building near the church

LFCDA-LFB Heavy fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

LFCDA-LFB Fire Rescue tenders
The 1990s saw a new breed of fire rescue tenders, large and small, introduced into the London Fire Brigade. The heavy rescue unit carried a comprehensive range of cutting and spreading equipment

LCC-LFB - North Kensington fire station
The firefighters from North Kensington fire station, Faraday Road, W10, pose on the station forecourt on their pump escape and pump

German Fokker D VIII fighter plane, WW1
A German Fokker D VIII single-seater fighter monoplane with a 140 hp Oberursel engine, used towards the end of the First World War

Daniel Goochs North Star locomotive for the GWR

Locomotive no 14-? 4-4-0

Pobjoy Cataract seven-cylinder radial engine

2-4-2 Tank Engine Suspended by Cranes, Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Date: 1900s

Gloster Meteor F4 RA490
Gloster Meteor F4, RA490, following use as a Beryl engine testbed, the aircraft was heavily modified to take two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojets for trials with a jet deflection system

Coal-mine in the Midlands in the 1790s featuring a Newcomen engine adapted for rotary motion motion and used a whimsey for winding up coal. Date: 1790s

Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary
The Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder Special Souvenir Issue: The Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary

LFB Athletic Association Boxing Tournament programme
LFB Athletic Association Members Boxing Tournament programme for 19 November 1925

LFDCA-LFB Clapham fire station turnout
One of a series of photos capturing Claphams three fire engines turning out from the fire station at night

GLC-LFB Foam Tender
A foam tender, with a fixed monitor, attached to East Ham fire station in East London

GLC-LFB Eastern Command Control Unit
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Breakdown Lorry
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at Edmonton
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Fire engines in the HQ drill yard
Lambeth fire station appliances in the drill yard together with senior officer staff cars, and a lorry delivering stores

LCC-LFB Wandsworth Fire Station appliance room
The newly opened fire station at Wandsworth, West Hill, with the stations appliances plus an Auxiliary Fire Service pump lined up in the appliance room

LCC-LFB Shand Mason motor steam fire engine
The motor steam fire engine with independent pumping and propelling engines was developed later than the Merryweather Fire King self-propelled steam engine

LCC-LFB Magirus (screw) 100ft turntable ladder
An example of the Dennis Morris Magirus turntable ladder in its fire station appliance room

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

Advertisement for various types of steam engine
Advertisement for Robey & Co of Lincoln (Globe Works), London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Paris, manufacturers of various types of steam engine. circa 1883

German Fokker D. VI fighter plane, WW1
A German Fokker D.VI single-seater fighter plane with an Oberursel engine, in service towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

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