The adjective 'cute' does not spring to mind when looking at most service vehicles, but this one might be an exception. Painted in plain Chiswick Green, JXC354 was a Mercury electric platform truck, photographed at Lillie Bridge depot on 11th June 1968. Apart from it being new in 1948, not much else is known about it. However, it does seem likely that it performed the same role as VLW676G, a Lancing Bagnall battery electric truck new in 1968, perhaps being replaced by it. The Capital Transport book on service vehicles states that VLW676G was kept at Earls Court Station, and that it was road-licensed so that it could operate (with a trailer) between there and Lillie Bridge. It adds that the vehicle operated along the walkways above Earls Court Station! JXC354 also had a trailer, although it was not attached when photographed. The entire block of registrations between JXC1 and JXC500 was used by London Transport, featuring on RT and TD clas buses as well as numerous service vehicles. |
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11/06/1968 |
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11/12/2011 |