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Main vehicle details

Number	Registration	Type	Class	Chassis No.	Body No. ? If the vehicle had two or more bodies (i.e. if it was rebodied), the body numbers (where known) are shown in chronological order. Refer to the history records for more details.
218L	XW6188	Leyland LB5 6-ton Tower Wagon	Heavy Lorry	13134

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	08/1935
From:
Out of stock:	15/05/1946 (Life: 10.75 years)
Disposal:	Lancashire Motor Traders Ltd, Sale
Licence off:	n/a ?This is the last recorded licence expiry date. Previous expiry dates will be shown in the Licensing History section below.

Livery:	Red
Operator:	LT
Status:	Withdrawn
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	17/02/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

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There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
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History ?This section contains details of events during the lifetime of this vehicle. These can be drawn from official documents or from observations, and will eventually cover the whole career of each vehicle.
13 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
22/12/1924	New into stock	other	n/a	n/a		New to Birch Brothers Ltd. as bus	Vehicle Record Card
21/02/1934	Transferred	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works		to L.P.T.B. as bus	Vehicle Record Card
26/02/1934	Transferred and withdrawn	LT	n/a	Hounslow Garage			Vehicle Record Card
27/06/1935	Transferred and delicensed	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works			Vehicle Record Card
16/07/1935	Body scrapped	LT	n/a	Other		Body burnt, probably at Earls Court	Vehicle Record Card
18/07/1935	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Chiswick Works		via Earls Court on 15/7/1935 (see note)	Vehicle Record Card
02/08/1935	Transferred	LT	n/a	n/a		Chassis to Tramways Section	Vehicle Record Card
by09/1935	Built up	LT	Electrical Engineer (South)	Unknown		to Lorry	Vehicle Record Card
by10/1935	Allocated to	LT	Electrical Engineer (South)	Rye Lane PW Depot			Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938	Allocated to	LT	Electrical ( T&T)	Unknown		Allocated 'South'	KR CD List
21/03/1940	Delicensed	LT	n/a	Rye Lane PW Depot	u	ex South Division	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
07/08/1942	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Walthamstow, Ferry Lane (ex AEC)	u	ex Rye Lane (unlicensed)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
15/05/1946	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Walthamstow (unlicensed). Sold without tower	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
6 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Petrol cost £243 (1935) 34.2hp	Ray	12/05/2023
Lorry/Tower Wagon body by Eagle Engineering, Warwick	Ray	27/05/2022
Originally Birch B1	Ray	27/05/2022
Photo in 'Lord Ashfield's Trams' (Capital)	Ray	28/11/2014
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport)	Ray	23/02/2009
Ex L54. Previous number 149	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
1 document relating to this vehicle has been published. Shown below.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).
No licensing data has been captured yet.

Edits ?This section shows a description of each change that has been applied to the database entry for this vehicle.
This record has been edited 2 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
17/02/2024	History Event ID 36848 edited	Ray	Y
14/04/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y