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85Q DGJ177
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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. |
85Q |
DGJ177 |
AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon |
Heavy Lorry |
641286 |
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Licence on: |
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Into stock: |
01/09/1936 |
From: |
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Out of stock: |
19/02/1962 (Life:
25.47 years)
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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.
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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Withdrawn |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. |
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Photos
No photos of this vehicle have been published.
There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.
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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 |
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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).
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.
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 |