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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.
85Q DGJ177 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641286

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 01/09/1936
From:
Out of stock: 19/02/1962 (Life: 25.47 years)
Disposal: G Cohen and Co Ltd, London
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Status: Withdrawn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: 25/11/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photos
No photos of this vehicle have been published.
There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.
Sightings
1 sighting of this vehicle has been reported. Shown below.
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.
10/04/1960 Walthamstow Garage - Ray
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.
9 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
01/09/1936 Allocated to LT Electrical Engineer Holloway (Highgate) Garage Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938 Allocated to LT Electrical ( T&T) Unknown Allocated 'West' KR CD List
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) N Holloway (Highgate) Garage CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/06/1951 Withdrawn LT Distribution Engineer (N) Holloway (Highgate) Garage w Allocation not stated, derived from other entries LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/09/1951 Relicensed LT n/a Holloway (Highgate) Garage LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/06/1959 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Walthamstow Garage ex Highgate, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/12/1960 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Stamford Hill Garage ex Walthamstow, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
31/07/1961 Delicensed and transferred LT n/a Mortlake Garage u ex Stamford Hill LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
19/02/1962 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Mortlake LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
11 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
Note Posted by On
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/53436851170 Ray 18/01/2024
Photo dated 6/10/53 shows it at Islington sub station, with ‘Holloway’ on cab door. Later photo shows it with ‘Islington’ on door. I suggest it may have transferred there on 8/52 (when 100N left Farringdon), and returned to Highgate on 8/58 when replaced by 415P at Islington. Clive G 10/07/2023
Petrol 1936 cost £1070 80hp Ray 28/04/2023
Photo in 'Trolleybuses in East Central London' (Gordon) Ray 15/10/2020
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/27117055485 Ray 23/05/2016
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/15782135940 Ray 21/02/2015
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22127764@N00/6920303665/ Ray 08/11/2012
Photo at http://www.londontrolleybus.com/ Ray 05/10/2012
Photograph in Historic Commercial News, Volume 26, Number 2. Page 74. Damon 02/08/2012
Photograph in 'London Trolleybus Chronology 1931-1962' (Ian Allan) Ray 24/02/2009
Previous number 197 Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
7 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?
25/11/2012 Improved date out Thomas Young Y