1955 Bedford RLHZ Self-Propelled Emergency Pump 'Green Goddess' 4x4

1955 Bedford RLHZ in Runaway Railway, Movie, 1965

Class: Trucks, Fire truck — Model origin:

00:43:54 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Alessandro58 ◊ 2014-09-05 14:33
jcb ◊ 2014-09-05 14:37	RLZH 'Green Goddess' , an actual military one . For decades people have been calling the hundreds of Auxiliary Fire Service ones ( in use till recent times) military vehicles when they aren't. -- Last edit: 2014-09-05 17:07:14
jcb ◊ 2014-09-05 17:14	Minor point but these are very definetly 4X4
oldsmobile1897 ◊ 2014-09-06 03:52	Plate reads 73BR25.
Sunbar ◊ 2014-09-06 11:23	In production from 1953 to about 1958, over 3,000 built, the majority as civil defense / Auxilary Fire Service units. Early ones were 4x2 Bedford SHZ about 1,300 produced, and the later ones 4x4 RLHZ as here. The military registration is in the range 1955-1956 (British army).
Sunbar ◊ 2017-12-18 13:26	JCB wrote RLZH 'Green Goddess' , an actual military one . For decades people have been calling the hundreds of Auxiliary Fire Service ones ( in use till recent times) military vehicles when they aren't. Military RLHZ self-propelled emergency pumps were actually painted red. http://www.romar.org.uk/page91.html
dsl ◊ 2024-08-03 20:46	73BR25 was genuine plate within the 00BR01-99BR99 sequence for Army B Vehs 1955/56, so likely a real tender serving the Longmoor Military Railway where filming happened.
jcb ◊ 2024-08-04 07:32	Yes agree and it has military markings too. Ironic that the armies Bedford RLHZ fire engines were painted red whereas the civilian AFS ones were painted army green !