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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.
86Q DGJ178 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641288

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 22/09/1936
From:
Out of stock: 12/02/1962 (Life: 25.39 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Status: Withdrawn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.
27/03/1960 West Ham 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.
10 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
22/09/1936 Allocated to LT Electrical Engineer Wood Green 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 Wood Green Garage CDS Fleetlist November 1946
27/09/1950 Withdrawn LT Distribution Engineer (N) Wood Lane w Error for Wood Green? LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/12/1950 Relicensed LT Distribution Engineer (N) Wood Green Garage LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/06/1959 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot ex Wood Green, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
05/04/1960 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) West Ham Garage ex Lea Bridge, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
06/10/1960 Transferred LT n/a Stonebridge Park Garage ex West Ham LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/02/1962 Delicensed and transferred LT n/a Cricklewood Garage u ex Stonebridge. Listed on 15/02/1962 LT Variation Sheets
12/02/1962 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Cricklewood LT Variation Sheets
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 1936 cost £1070 80hp Ray 28/04/2023
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/13111387804/ Ray 19/04/2014
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/13129390315/ Ray 19/04/2014
Photograph in 'London Trolleybus Memories' (Bowden) Ray 14/07/2012
Photograph in 'London Buses in the 1960's' (Capital) Ray 30/07/2009
Photograph in 'London Trolleybuses' (DPR Marketing) Ray 26/02/2009
Photograph in LBM60 Ray 23/02/2009
Photograph in 'London's Trolleybuses' (PSVC LTB2) Ray 23/02/2009
Photograph (2) in 'Trolleybuses in NW London' (LTPS) Ray 23/02/2009
Previous number 198 Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
9 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