Vehicles

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service has received the last of a programmed delivery of 10 new DAF LF 250 FA emergency response vehicles at its Training Centre. The 16-tonne GVW 4x2 rigids are equipped with Co-polymer bodies by Emergency One with four-man crew-cab conversions by Ziegler. The fleet replaces an ‘unfailing’ Euro 4 DAF fleet which has seen 12 years of front-line service. The Service says it’s sticking with the DAF marque after unwavering in-service operation and as a result of DAF’s significant presence in Local Authority fleets throughout the region. (From DAF TRUCKS website). Camera: Sony RX100. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

A Yamaha motorcycle photographed in Brierfield, UK, with a Nikon D300s camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2. (The red "blob" above the throttle is a Remembrance Day poppy).

Photographed outside a local vehicle-repair workshop. This vehicle collects waste oil and other products for recycling. Camera: Nikon D300s + Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 lens. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

Another shot from the archives, photographed in the grounds of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, North-East England. This is a great way to mow the lawn......assuming you have a castle-sized one !! Photographed with an Olympus SP550UZ "bridge camera" and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software.

A motorcycle & sidecar combination formerly owned by the American actor Steve McQueen, sold as Lot 555 at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in November 1984 as part of McQueen's estate. The vehicle is now part of the exhibition of vintage motorcycles at Winfields Outdoor Pursuits & Camping megastore near Haslingden, Rossendale, North-West England. Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

An early model of a motor-powered cycle for women, dating from 1970. Photographed at the Vintage Bikes display in Winfields outdoor pursuits & camping megastore near Haslingden, Rossendale, North-West England. Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with NIkon Capture NX2.

A 19th Century horse-drawn London fire engine made by Merryweather & Sons, photographed at the National Railway Museum in York, England. Merryweather & Sons of Clapham, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines. The founder was Moses Merryweather (1791–1872) of Clapham, who was joined by his son Richard Moses (1839–1877). The Merryweathers worked with the engineer Edward Field to fit his design of a vertical boiler onto a horse-drawn platform. They successfully applied it for use in their steam fire engine, thus improving water pressure and making it easier to use once steam had been got up. It was reckoned that an engine could get up enough pressure to pump within ten minutes of a call out; the fire could be started before leaving the fire station so there would be enough pressure by the time they arrived at the scene of the fire. Appliances were available in small sizes suitable for a country house, pumping about 100 gallons per minute, through to large dockyard models, rated at 2000 gallons per minute. (Wikipedia). www.ipernity.com/group/history

Seen on a car in Colne, Pendle, UK. Camera: Nikon D300s. Lens: Nikkor 16-85mm. NOTES.

A Car covered in "Witchgrass", a type of artificial grass made of monofilaments. Camera: Nikon D300s. Lens Nikkor 16-85mm.