Renton pumper
Note this truck is badged as "White Fireliner"



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Fireliner Production

I believe there were 5 Fireliners built between 1960 and 1962. The trucks and their fate:


#1: Pumper to Renton, WA
 Serial number 4245
Badged as "White Fireliner"
Engine: Hall Scott 6156FE gas engine of 935 c.i.
Transmission: Spicer 6852 5-speed manual
Rear axle: Timken R-140 with traction equalizer
Wheel base: 155"
This was the first Fireliner built
Scrapped. Can someone confirm this?


#2: Snorkel to Chehalis, WA
 Serial number 5685
Badged as "Westland Fireliner"
Engine: Waukesha 145GZB High Output gas engine of 817 c.i.
Originally painted white
Trump Snorkel
Axle ratio: 5.29:1 QT-180
Wheel base: 228"
Transferred to Soviet Georgia c.1996, further fate unknown.


#3: Pumper to Chehalis, WA
 Serial number 5941
Badged as "Westland Fireliner"
Original engine: Waukesha 145GZB High Output gas engine of 817 c.i.
Current engine: Cummins LTA10 turbocharged, aftercooled diesel engine of 611 c.i.
Originally painted white
Wheel base: 160"
Axle ratio: 5.29:1 QT-140
Sold by the City of Chehalis in August, 2009. Located in Keizer, Oregon


#4: Pumper to Renton, WA
 Badged as "Fireliner"
Engine: Hall Scott 6156FE gas engine of 935 c.i.
Transmission: Spicer 6852 5-speed manual
Rear axle: Timken R-140 with traction equalizer
Wheel base: Unknown
Located in Alaska


#5: Snorkel to Renton, WA
 Badged as "Fireliner"
Engine: Hall-Scott 6156FE gas engine of 935 c.i.
Axle ratio: 4.62:1
Wheel base: 228"
Possibly the only Fireliner equipped with air brakes, all previous trucks had hydraulic brakes
Trump model S-65 snorkel serial number 1000-18 with a WESCO control panel
Transferred to Depoe Bay, OR.
Now owned by Freightliner Corp and on display at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum in Brooks, Oregon.





Westland White-Freightliner Fireliner


Renton pumper
Where is this truck today?



Renton snorkel on display at the Pacific Northwest Truck Museum
Note this truck is badged simply as "Fireliner", with a large "Trump Snorkel" nameplate below



Chehalis Pumper
This truck is badged as a "Westland Fireliner" and is the only Fireliner with the front storage compartment




Chehalis Snorkel
This truck is badged as a "Westland Fireliner"
Notice how much longer the snorkel overhang is on this truck as compared to the Renton snorkel
Can someone from the country of Georgia supply current pictures of this Fireliner?






Fireliner History

Please email me if you know the history of FIRELINER fire trucks. I have found very little information.



Wheelbases:
155 and 160 inch: Pumper
228 inch: Snorkel


Beacon-Ray #17 warning light
CAM #104 siren


- Here are copies of a sales letter from Freightliner to the Chehalis Fire Chief concerning the Renton pumper and possible sale of a truck to Chehalis: Page 1, Page 2 Page 3, Page 4.


- Here is a copy of the Pump Run-in Test for the Chehalis Pumper. Of note is that R. E. Roney of Roney Fire Apparatus signed off on the report.


- If you want to read why the Chehalis City Council is a bunch of poop stains, click here.


I would be very interested in any information you might have on FIRELINER, especially pictures or first-hand accounts of production or use.
You can contact me at:


Bob Gallagher
287 Menlo Dr N
Keizer, Ore 97303

503-999-6626

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Chehalis pumper in action










Chehalis Fire Department's old pumpers
48-1 and 48-2
1961 Fireliner and 1976 American LaFrance Pioneer II
Retired to Keizer, Ore.


Below are some pictures from the restoration of my 1961 Fireliner


- Interior panel

This is an interior panel from the Fireliner. The interior is typical of Freightliner trucks of the period and is made from cheap cardboard-like material with the seams bound. The interior used 15 of these panels and on each panel was hand written the location where it fit in the interior, like a big cardboard puzzle. This piece is interesting in that along with the note on where it fits (Left Front) it also is the only panel I found with the hand-written note "Fire Truck - Send to Columbia Auto for binding".