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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.
28H XR4216 AEC NS 4 1/2-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 23390

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 07/07/1936
From:
Out of stock: 17/09/1948 (Life: 12.20 years)
Disposal: Lammas Motors
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Status: Withdrawn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: 13/01/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photos
No photos of this vehicle have been published.
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.
12 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
08/04/1924 New into stock and licensed LGOC ? Unknown ex AEC 27/2/1924 (as NS-type bus chassis) NS1240 Vehicle Record Card
01/07/1933 Change of Operator LT n/a To L.P.T.B. Observations
11/05/1936 withdrawn as bus LT ? Chiswick Works Vehicle Record Card
15/05/1936 body sold LT ? Chiswick Works NS body sold. Chassis to Tramways Dept., Greenwich Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938 Allocated to LT Electrical ( T&T) Unknown Allocated 'North' as Tower Wagon KR CD List
27/01/1940 Transferred LT Reserve Walthamstow, Ferry Lane (ex AEC) ex Electrical Engineer LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
18/09/1944 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Chief Electrical Engineer Acton Tram Depot u ex Walthamstow Reserve (unlicensed) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
10/10/1946 Relicensed and transferred LT n/a Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot ex Acton Trolleybus Depot (unlicensed). New location given as 'Leyton Trolley Depot' LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) N Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/06/1948 Withdrawn and transferred LT n/a Chiswick Works w ex Dist Engr N LT Variation Sheets
08/07/1948 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Reserve Walthamstow, Ferry Lane (ex AEC) w ex Chiswick. Tower wagon to chassis LT Variation Sheets
17/09/1948 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Walthamstow LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
10 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
Note Posted by On
Petrol cost £270 (1936) 24.3hp Ray 12/05/2023
Body & Tower built by Eagle Engineering, Warwick 1935 (JCG Notes) Ray 22/12/2021
Photo in 'The Final Chapter' (Bowden) Ray 10/01/2017
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/116071498@N08/14611185891 Ray 13/11/2015
Photo in 'Served by London's Trolleybuses' (Capital) Ray 09/06/2015
Photograph in Historic Commercial News, Volume 26, Number 2. Page 72. Damon 02/08/2012
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport) Ray 27/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Tramway Pictorial' (Willoughby) Ray 24/02/2009
Photograph (2) in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport) Ray 23/02/2009
Ex NS1240. Previous number 194. Tower off 6/48. Tower to 722J Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
8 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.
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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 3 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).
Date Summary Edited by Public?
13/01/2024 History Event ID 27506 edited Ray Y
13/01/2024 History Event ID 34435 edited Ray Y
16/07/2012 Improved date out Thomas Young Y