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Karrier WTE893 was seen at the Rochdale Museum Open Day, 4 August 1990.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced with permission]

Karrier Gamecock WTE893 from 1955 has recently changed ownership and is currently being restored.
It was based at Chorley from new, passing to Wesham in January 1961 and
finally to Leigh as a reserve appliance in March 1966.
Now 51 years old, it was seen at its new owner's premises, 3 November 2006.
[Since these pictures were taken, this appliance has been sold again and more recently being offered for sale on ebay.]

Following quite an amount of renovation, WTE893 was believed still to be for sale when seen 7 December 2007.

AFS Land Rover NYR876 was seen in a convoy of vehicles in North Wales in June 1965.
[Picture from the MFRS collection and reproduced with permission.]

AFS Bedford Control Unit RYX493
[Copyright picture ~ W. Jopson and reproduced with permission.]

Ford D1014 NTJ65K was in the reserve fleet when seen 16 September 1984.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced with permission.]

Ford D1616 STJ196L is seen in 'later life' as a training vehicle.
(NP collection ~ courtesy DBB)

4x4 Range Rover RT OTD240M was presumably allocated here for motorway use.  It was seen 29 June 1986.
[Copyright picture ~ K Howarth and reproduced with permission.]

Ford Hose Layer UTC819M was seen in the station yard.
[Picture courtesy MF&RS and reproduced with permission.]

Hose Layer UTC819M was seen on Driver Training at Ormskirk.
[Picture courtesy MF&RS and reproduced with permission.]

Ford DRN887S was seen in the station yard, 29 June 1986.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced with permission.]

Sister appliance DRN888S was also seen in the station yard, but two years earlier, 16 September 1984.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced with permission.]

Numerically the first Leyland Freighter, D100TRN was seen at Washington Hall, 21 May 1988.
[Copyright picture ~ K. Howarth and reproduced with permission.]

Fulton Wylie Bodied Bedford[TL] ET was seen on the station forecourt.
(NP collection ~ courtesy DBB)
 

Leyland Freighter G145JFR is seen on the station forecourt.
(NP collection ~ courtesy DBB)

Land Rover J792OCW was quite recently replaced by the one on the home page.
(NP collection ~ courtesy DBB)

Prime Mover M701UHG with foam pod was seen in the station yard on the day prime movers M702/3UHG left Lancashire, 23 February 2010.
This Prime Mover left Lancashire later in 2010.

Daf 55 Y541XEO was seen at a large moorland fire near Anglezarke, 17 June 2010.
It will see further service at Colne.




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