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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.
76Q BYL401 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641248 ?

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 11/07/1935
From:
Out of stock: 19/07/1962 (Life: 27.02 years)
Disposal: Birds Commercial 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Status: Withdrawn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: 26/11/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photos
2 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).
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There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.
Sightings
2 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. Shown below with the most recent at the top.
Date Place Comments Posted by ?If the name is in brackets, the vehicle was not seen by the person, but the sighting was added by the person.
29/01/1961 Plaistow Greengate Ray
01/01/1960 - Approximate date Bighat
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.
14 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
01/07/1935 Allocated to LT Electrical Engineer - Overhead Earlsfield Sub-station Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938 Allocated to LT Electrical ( T&T) Unknown Allocated 'South' KR CD List
01/08/1943 Delicensed LT Chief Electrical Engineer Unknown u LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/09/1943 Relicensed LT Chief Electrical Engineer Unknown LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/08/1946 Delicensed LT Electrical Unknown u LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/09/1946 Relicensed LT Electrical Engineer Unknown LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) S Earlsfield Sub-station CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/07/1952 Withdrawn LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Earlsfield Sub-station w LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/09/1952 Relicensed LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Earlsfield Sub-station LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/06/1959 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Garratt Lane Sub-station ex Earlsfield, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/12/1960 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) West Ham Garage ex Garratt Lane, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/03/1962 Delicensed and transferred LT Reserve Stonebridge Park Garage u ex West Ham, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Variation Sheets
11/05/1962 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Reserve Aldenham Works u ex Stonebridge LT Variation Sheets
19/07/1962 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Aldenham LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
14 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
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Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/52372900784/ Ray 08/02/2024
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/53436851170 Ray 18/01/2024
Petrol cost £1058 (1935) 32hp Ray 12/05/2023
Lorry/Tower Wagon body by Eagle Engineering, Warwick Ray 27/05/2022
Photo in 'London Trolleybus Collection' (Bowden) Ray 23/10/2021
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23875695@N06/36089691040 Ray 21/06/2019
Photo at https://hiveminer.com/Tags/london%2Cservicevehicle Ray 11/10/2018
Photo in 'The Final Chapter' (Bowden) Ray 10/01/2017
Photo in 'Classic Bus' No.78 Ray 26/08/2016
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23875695@N06/6006933294/ Ray 23/02/2014
Photo at http://www.londontrolleybus.com/ Ray 05/10/2012
Photograph in 'London Trolleybus Memories' (Bowden) Ray 14/07/2012
Photograph in 'On The Wires' NLTS/Ravensbourne Ray 21/05/2009
Previous number 151 Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
12 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 1 time, as detailed below.
Date Summary Edited by Public?
26/11/2012 Improved date out Thomas Young Y