Engines Collection (page 27)

LFB fire Control Unit at Brigade HQ, Lambeth, WW2
One of the LCC-LFB fire control units allocated to Brigade and District headquarters which attended major fires during the Second World War

Blitz in London -- damaged LFB vehicle, Shoreditch, WW2
Blitz in London -- a London fire brigade general purpose vehicle, from sub-fire station 37X, at 16-18 Paul Street, Shoreditch, with damaged bodywork and engine after being struck by debris

LFB enclosed Leyland pump, Brigade HQ, WW2
A side view of the Leyland pump with its extension ladder and hook ladders on the appliance. These dual-purpose appliances allowed the escape ladder and extension ladders to be interchanged

LCC-LFB emergency tender at Lambeth fire station
Crew of an emergency tender demonstrating the range of equipment it carries including breathing apparatus, hot cutting equipment and a smoke extraction unit

Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade
A horse drawn escape cart and a fire officer belonging to Heston and Isleworth Urban District Council Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade station with horse-drawn fire engines
An unidentified London fire station with escape cart and pump on the forecourt, together with crews

LCC-LFB Lee Green hose laying lorry at Lambeth HQ
Lee Green fire stations hose laying lorry at Lambeth HQ. The side roller shutter doors are open, showing the stored hoses which can be easily layered out from the rear access door while the lorry is

LCC-LFB hose laying lorry
A hose laying lorry from Lee Green fire station, SE London, with its side roller shutters closed

LFB mechanical fire appliance at Southwark HQ
Two London firemen at drill with a motorised fire appliance (with its ladder removed), watching at drills being performed out of shot

Motorised pump and crew in Tottenham. The vehicle was 100 hp, and cost £ 3000

Imperial Airways Poster, Switzerland
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a Scylla passenger plane flying to Switzerland, with a mermaid and merman looking up in wonder. 1935

Imperial Airways Poster, Reliability, Comfort. Showing details of the equipment of the most luxurious air liners in the world (Heracles Class), with pictograms of features on a yellow background. 1934

GNR Locomotive
GNR locomotive 990 Date: 1890s

Fire on a moored vessel
A firefighting appliance pumps water to fight a fire on a docked ship

Hornsey Fire Brigade, London. Firefighters working on a steam pump appliance

U. S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by
U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y. engines by Allaire Works N.Y. Date c1850. U.S. mail steam ship Baltic: Collins line. builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y

U. S. mail steam ship Pacific: Collins line, builders, hull b
U.S. mail steam ship Pacific: Collins line, builders, hull by Brown & Bell N.Y. engines by Allaire Works N.Y. Date c1850. U.S

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Date c1877

Fire near Nine Elms, Battersea
Crowds of spectators watch a conflagration near Nine Elms, Battersea, from across the River Thames at Vauxhall Bridge, while a fire engine rushes by to try to help stop the blaze. Date: 1847

Steam Engine
The steam engine no. 9, Landskrona, and the engine driver, fireman, and workers at the railway station. 1902. Date: 1902

Commer Fire Engine
Commer Fire Chassis B with 30 gallons First Aid Engine and 45 feet Pretoria Escape. Date: 1914

German Friedrichshafen G. III bomber plane, WW1
A German Friedrichshafen G.III medium bomber plane with two Mercedes engines, in service towards the end of the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. Date: 1917-1918

Vickers Vimy aeroplane with Rolls Royce engines
The Vickers Vimy aeroplane with two Rolls Royce engines. It served as a British heavy bomber during the First World War, and was the first plane to fly the Atlantic Ocean non-stop in 1919

The Fast Denver Ltd. Locomotive climbing Soldier Summit
The Fast Denver Ltd. climbing Soldier Summit, Wasatch Mountains, Utah, USA Date: circa 1910s

Italian military dirigible or airship
An Italian military dirigible or airship, the M1, with two Fiat S76A engines, first used during the Italian-Turkish war (1911-1912). Date: circa 1910-1913

Italian SIA 7B1 biplane bombers with Fiat engines, WW1
A long row of Italian SIA 7B1 biplane reconnaissance bombers with Fiat A12 engines, standing on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917

Armstrong Whitworth FK 12B triplane, WW1
A British Armstrong Whitworth FK 12B triplane on an airfield during the First World War. It was equipped with Rolls Royce Eagle engines. Date: 1914-1918

Great Western, Marigold Steam Train, Flower Class Locomotive 4163 1908

Swiss Rack Railway at Rigi Kulm, Switzerland. The line ascends Mount Rigi from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau and is operated by the Rigi-Bahnen

Hand pump fire engine
A hand pump fire engine. 1882

Fire engine in Paris, answering a call
An electric fire engine of the Paris Fire Brigade, answering an emergency call. 1900

Naubauer engine
Auto Motor, Six Cylinder Naubauer. Close-up of a Naubauer automobile engine

Car engine
Automobile (Cars). Close-up of an automobile engine

Wreckage of R101 airship
The mangled wreckage of the British R101 airship which crashed on 5th October 1930 near Beauvais, France, on its maiden voyage

519 President Roosevelt on a Santa Fe engine, before reaching Redlands, California

Engine Five, Salem fire department, 76 Washington Street

S Teerwood. Fire engine
A fire engine with its crew riding along the sides, makes it way through city streets to attend to a fire

Dvur Kralove nad Labem - Railway Station - Czech Republic
Dvur Kralove nad Labem - a town of the Czech Republic in Hradec Kralove Region, in the Labe (Elbe) river valley

The Present Time - 60 miles an hour
Embroidery picture showing a steam engine pulling several carriages at a speed of 60 miles per hour

French tank engine WWI
Engine of the Saint Chamond tank at Marly-le-Roi in Seine et Oise during World War I

Railway junction in the morning mist
A superb atmospheric photograph looking across a complicated railway junction. From the collection of a Scottish rail accident investigator

Railway junction in the morning mist (alternate version)
A superb atmospheric photograph looking across a complicated railway junction. From the collection of a Scottish rail accident investigator

Railway Sidings
A moody photograph of a set of very dark railway sidings, with a sole sentinel signal box and a couple of small shunting steam engines, just beginning their days work

Injectors for Diesel Engines, manufactured by C.A.V. Ltd. of Sudbury Suffolk. A wonderful photograph by Heinz Zinram

Rusing Firemen WWII
Firemen rush down to main the engines during World War II in England

Inter-Colonial Railway
Train of the Inter-Colonial Railway running between Canada and America. Burns wood fuel and has a spark arrester on the smoke stack

American Steam Engine

Empire State Express
Inter State Express train running between New York and Buffalo in America

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