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Vehicle 8069 * RE13CJY Mercedes-Benz Vito Minibus	MOT expired 11/12/2022	Ray	30/01/2023
Vehicle 8220VW RE66FJX Volkswagen Transporter Van	Still at Wheels 29/1/2023	Ray	29/01/2023
Vehicle 8185M WU17EHM Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Dropside Truck	V5C 30/5/2017	Ray	28/01/2023
Vehicle 8177M WX65VRK Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Crew Van	V5C 10/1/2023	Ray	27/01/2023
Vehicle 8176M WX65VRV Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Crew Van	V5C 10/1/2023	Ray	27/01/2023
Vehicle 8141M WX65VRN Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Crew Van	V5C 10/1/2023	Ray	27/01/2023
Vehicle 592BXV Ford Anglia Car	Colour grey, noted from photograph after sale.	Clive G	23/01/2023
Vehicle 895B JXC340 Bedford KD Truck	It will have been fitted to tow the Westminster type canteen trailer used at Hayes that is pictured in the Kim Rennie LTSV book. That was most likely to be no.71, which was officially listed as being at Chingford in 1943.	Clive G	13/01/2023
Vehicle 871B KLB995 Bedford KD Truck	The Kim Rennie LTSV book has a photo of a Westminster type canteen trailer at Hayes with the registration number of 871B fixed to the rear. So this would be the reason for it being equipped to tow at Hounslow Garage in April 1959.There it replaced 895B which had also been fitted to tow. The trailer was most likely no.71 which was officially listed as being at Chingford in 1943.	Clive G	13/01/2023
Vehicle 865B JXC344 Bedford KD Truck	I suggest this was licensed to tow in June 1956 for a Dennis fire pump trailer kept at Dalston Garage which may have been used for cleaning the Minories bus station. When seen by myself in 1959 that carried the registration number of 865B, which was by then in store at Hounslow.	Clive G	13/01/2023
Vehicle 862B JXN500 Bedford KD Truck	I suggest this was never a 'towing truck' but was just 'licensed to tow'. There was a Dennis fire pump trailer kept at Dalston Garage which may have been used for cleaning the Minories bus station. When seen by myself in 1959 that carried the registration number of 865B which had replaced 862B in June 1956.	Clive G	13/01/2023
Vehicle 1656F EGN732J Ford D1000 Bolster Lorry	Able to tow	Ray	09/01/2023
Vehicle LS06DZH Ford Transit Connect Van	SORN in place 9/1/23 from 7/2022	Ray	09/01/2023
Vehicle LV06AFY Ford Transit Van	No longer on DVLA.	Ray	09/01/2023
Vehicle 1647F JGF454K Ford D550 Dropside Lorry	Doesn't 'New Works' refer to the name of the department rather than the location? Its possible that the Gardening Section was subsumed into it.	Clive G	08/01/2023
Photo 5907	I dont believe the MC numbers were painted on the chassis until the early sixties. I searched in vain for identification when spotting till about 1963 without seeing them. But of course they also had body numbers allocated, so I imagine they would be located inside somewhere, but I dont know where!	Clive G	07/01/2023
Vehicle WR70VKT Ford Puma Car	Petrol	Ray	07/01/2023
Vehicle DP21YJG Vauxhall Crossland Car	Petrol	Ray	07/01/2023
Vehicle GL21KNC Peugeot 5008 Car	Petrol	Ray	07/01/2023
Vehicle KT21UGE Seat Arona Car	Petrol	Ray	07/01/2023
Vehicle WO21MJJ Fiat 500X Car	Petrol	Ray	07/01/2023
Vehicle 7675F YT13WLK Ford Transit Crew Van	Auctioned by www.truckpages.co.uk 5/1/2023 (6449 miles)	Ray	06/01/2023
Vehicle 7674F YR13BHV Ford Transit Crew Van	Auctioned by Autoline Auctions (38320 Km) 6/1/2023	Ray	06/01/2023
Vehicle 5500F VE03GXU Ford Focus Estate Car	No longer on DVLA.	Ray	05/01/2023
Vehicle 5501F KJ03DVG Ford Transit Dropside Truck	No longer on DVLA.	Ray	05/01/2023
Vehicle 5522F KJ53UOD Ford Transit Crew Van	No longer on DVLA.	Ray	05/01/2023
Vehicle 1118AS WYL715 Austin LD Van	Bus stand cleaning usually involved a crew of two with sand etc to keep them clean and oil free.	Clive G	29/12/2022
Vehicle 928F MXX386 Ford Thames E83W Van	Bus stand cleaning usually involved a crew of two with sand etc to keep them clean and oil free.	Clive G	29/12/2022
Vehicle 927F MXX385 Ford Thames E83W Van	Bus stand cleaning usually involved a crew of two with sand etc to keep them clean and oil free.	Clive G	29/12/2022
Vehicle 714B HLX476 Bedford OLBC Catering Van	The photo noted by Ray shows it with a Chiswick allocation plate in 1960.This makes a lot more sense than it still being at Camberwell.	Clive G	28/12/2022
Vehicle D75133 * NU72FZX Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75134 * NU72FZZ Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75135 * NU72GBE Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75136 * NU72GBF Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75137 * NU72GBO Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75138 * NU72GBV Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75139 * NU72GBX Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75140 * NU72GBZ Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75141 * NU72GCF Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle D75142 * NU72GCK Dacia Sandero Car	Petrol	Ray	25/12/2022
Vehicle 8607C LC67XCG Citroen Berlingo Van	For sale on Wheels Van Centre website 18/12/2022	Thomas Young	21/12/2022
Vehicle 8220VW RE66FJX Volkswagen Transporter Van	For sale on Wheels Van Centre website 18/12/2022	Thomas Young	21/12/2022
Vehicle 1241F 965ELR Ford Thames Trader Tree Lopper	Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/dickdapre/6090121605	Ray	03/12/2022
Photo 7329	Is this the former 972J as the fleetname looks rubbed off and there is no longer legal lettering?	Ray	30/11/2022
Photo 7329	New question! Were these vehicles allowed to operate with just one headlamp?	Thomas Young	29/11/2022
Photo 7329	The triangular panel also featured on the offside and I suspect it may have been for a bar to support a tarpaulin to cover the staircase. See https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/52023149955. Also visible in both photos are additional (and larger) drainage slots cut in both sides at upper deck floor level, which also seem to be a later change. Finally, in the photo here, the front nearside window is uncovered. Others seem to have had this plated (or covered) over.	Thomas Young	29/11/2022
Photo 7329	Different photos of both 972J and 969J show them with and without adverts. I suspect those might all be for National Savings, but they're not all clear enough to see. What may be unique with 972J is the addition of that triangular topped panel on the upper deck above the entrance. It did not have it when first converted so I wonder what that was all about.	Clive G	28/11/2022
Vehicle 964B MXX209 Bedford OLBC Van	922AS and 964-6B are all shown on official documents as 'Food Vans'. Did they differ from 'Catering Vans'?	Clive G	28/11/2022
Photo 5371	This car goes back to Acton tomorrow off lease	David C	25/11/2022
Vehicle 354Y HX176 Millar Tractor	Although shown on contemporary LT documents as being Miller Tractors, the six vehicles (354Y, 355Y, 356Y and pre-1939 numbers 137, 139 and 142) were actually made by Millars. Thanks to Clive for spotting this.	Thomas Young	21/11/2022
Vehicle 337V BYE517 Raleigh 2-cylinder Tricycle	I believe this may actually be 337V as that is described by JCG in 1940 as being this type of vehicle but carrying registration BYE517 (rather than BYE157). BY517 is a Croydon registration and would seem like yet another error, so maybe this one should be removed?) (This note was originally posted against the record of un-numbered vehicle BY517. That record has now been deleted as it was shown to actually be the same vehicle as 337V BYE517)	Clive G	18/11/2022
Vehicle 991AS SLT69 Austin LD Breakdown Tender	This is not a towing lorry as photos show it did not have a tow hook, and of course it was far too light to ever tow a trolleybus.	Clive G	16/11/2022
Vehicle 990AS SLT68 Austin LD Breakdown Tender	This is not a towing lorry as photos show it did not have a tow hook, and of course it was far too light to ever tow a trolleybus.	Clive G	16/11/2022
Vehicle 791F JXN459 Ford Thames E83W Van	14/12/1959 New Works Engineer for Metropolitan Line quadrupling	Clive G	16/11/2022
Vehicle 784F JXN458 Ford Thames E83W Van	14/04/1949 Location has to be Lillie Bridge to replace 385M	Clive G	16/11/2022
Vehicle 783F JXN449 Ford Thames E83W Van	11/7/1956 Location has to be Parsons Green to replace 787F	Clive G	16/11/2022
Photo 7291	I believe it is the end of statiON.	Ray	15/11/2022
Photo 7291	What I can't figure out is the LT sign ending in "ON"?	Kim Rennie	14/11/2022
Vehicle E58 P852OLL Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Minibus	Carrying E22 when at Ensign	Ray	14/11/2022
Vehicle SP15XOW Ford Transit Custom Van	V5C 6/7/2022	Ray	10/11/2022
Vehicle 337V BYE517 Raleigh 2-cylinder Tricycle	The Flicker link photo is not this vehicle at all. That one is a pedal tricycle that was stored in Merton Garage as late as 1959. It apparently carried tea and crockery for bus crews at Epsom Derby days, and being pedal powered carried no registration number!	Clive G	09/11/2022
Vehicle 1077Q TXV910 AEC Mercury Tower Wagon	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1037J JXC183 AEC Regent III Bus	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1273LD 571EYU Leyland Titan Breakdown Tender	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1480F SMK766F Ford Anglia Estate Car	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1311CD MXX382 Guy Vixen Mobile Gas Unit	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1468W MLL735 AEC Regal IV Bus	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1239F (TP) Ford Thames Trader Towing Lorry	Photo in 'LT Buses in the 1960's' Jim Blake/Pen & Sword	Ray	25/10/2022
Vehicle JXC354 Mercury Truck	There were persistent rumors this had a petrol engine. My examination showed no evidence of it. A single row of batteries lay across the back of the cab area from below the seat, and there was another battery on the floor near the steering wheel column. 'MCC Electric' was printed on a small metal plate in the cab area. I believe the confusion lay with non-LT MLL476 a petrol engine version with longer wheelbase from 1951 now preserved https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im09DSF-Merp67.jpg	Clive G	25/10/2022
Vehicle 1279LD ALM842B Leyland Titan Breakdown Tender	1279LD is now being restored by Southern Transit near Pulborough for their future visitor centre.	Clive G	22/10/2022
Vehicle 1081Q TXV914 AEC Mercury Pole Carrier	1081Q is now being restored by Southern Transit near Pulborough for their future visitor centre.	Clive G	22/10/2022
Vehicle 1457MR (TP) AEC Militant Breakdown Tender	1457MR is now being restored by Southern Transit near Pulborough for their future visitor centre.	Clive G	22/10/2022
Vehicle 1491LR VLW616G Land Rover Series IIA Mobile Workshop	After leaving LT it was used by a West Sussex gardener and is now being restored by Southern Transit near Pulborough for their future visitor centre. Photos and discussion on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1203782633524410	Clive G	21/10/2022
Vehicle 8428F LL17TUU Ford Fiesta Van	V5C 18/5/2022	Ray	20/10/2022
Vehicle AJ21CPX Ford Transit Custom Van	Although listed by the company as being at Grays (along with newer AK22LXS), the sightings suggest that this van is actually based somewhere in south London.	Thomas Young	20/10/2022
Vehicle 9031F LR20FEM Ford Transit Crew Van	Licensing data lists this as a MWB mid-height van, though observations suggest it is high-roof. Need a photo to confirm...	Thomas Young	20/10/2022
Vehicle 925B KLB862 Bedford KZ Breakdown Van	Seen by me late 1960 in the garage at Hainault. This and VRC showing docking at Barking would suggest it was allocated Hainault.	Clive G	17/10/2022
Vehicle FXT440 Lister Auto-Truck Truck	A Lister number 913G from Lillie Bridge is noted as arriving at Aldenham Works on 19/09/1949 for an overhaul. Dont know if this is relevant at all.	Clive G	17/10/2022
Vehicle FXT440 Lister Auto-Truck Truck	Into stock date 22/09/1942 as per Brian Bunker records	Clive G	17/10/2022
Vehicle 187C (TP) Leyland Cub SKZ1 Lorry	Photo shows it posed new at Chiswick with 'Bexley Depot' written on the side.John Gilham's 1940 lists confirm that is the allocation.	Clive G	16/10/2022
Vehicle 19A JBP392P Leyland Sherpa Van	Petrol	Ray	15/10/2022
Vehicle 1283F 581EYU Ford Thames Trader Breakdown Tender	Although listed on all Variation Sheets and Registers as being at Neasden, other documents (and observations) indicate that this vehicle was actually based at Hainault from new to Feb 1975, when the Hainault emergency base was closed.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 1280LD ALM843B Leyland Titan Breakdown Tender	Although listed on all Variation Sheets and Registers as being at Neasden, other documents (and observations) indicate that this vehicle was actually based at Hainault from new to Feb 1975, when the Hainault emergency base was closed.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 1281F 579EYU Ford Thames Trader Breakdown Tender	Although shown on Variation Sheets and Registers as being at Hainault from 1964 until at least October 1975, other documents (and personal observations) suggest it was actually based at Ealing Common continually between July 1964 and January 1978 at least.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 1277LD 575EYU Leyland Titan Breakdown Tender	Although listed on all Variation Sheets and Registers as being at Neasden, other documents (and observations) indicate that this vehicle was actually always based at Ealing Common.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 1493AS VLW618G Austin J4 Van	Was this van really white? All other LT Austin J vans (including the one this replaced) were grey. Notably, number 1492B was a white vehicle, so I wondered if this was a recording slip-up. However, the photo found on-line certainly looks lighter than the standard grey livery. Which leads to the question why was this van white?...	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 1493AS VLW618G Austin J4 Van	Photo at https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=24754. Marked as unknown, the location appears to be the side yard at Victoria (GM) garage, and the van has a 'Radio Control' notice in the windscreen.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 19A JBP392P Leyland Sherpa Van	Registration correction. A photo found on-line suggests this van was JBP392P (a Portsmouth mark) rather than JPB392P, a Guildford mark. xPB marks were used by LCBS but the xBP one ties in with the van being supplied by Wadham Stringer, and is backed-up by DVLA records. It seems the error originated with LCBS's own documentation, the variation sheets showing JPB.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle 19A JBP392P Leyland Sherpa Van	Photo at https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1433. Although marked as unknown, the location looks like somewhere around Baker Street. The van has a windscreen label referring to 'xxx 1976 xx Exhibition', so this was presumably after the 16th May 1976 LT Gala Day at Syon Park, which both LCBS 19A and 19F attended.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Vehicle YR3900 Star Van	Picture on Facebook London Transport Service Vehicles-Historical Research Group shows it in what appears to be the red and cream railway breakdown livery https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/311414661_10227198958110817_6366120017959225619_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_s1080x2048&_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=pOI0qx5f4YYAX8FuFeT&_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&oh=00_AT_tpBZD1sma5rr2RyE-aITRpylGo_zRJjaTEQsfSROTLQ&oe=634CD51D	Clive G	13/10/2022
Vehicle 205C (TP) Leyland Cub SKZ1 Rescue Truck	In a report produced by J C Gilham in 1939 this is listed by its original number 220 as allocated to Hendon (trolleybus depot later known as Colindale). In his 1940 report he notes it was transferred from Hendon to Charlton Works by 10/37 and repainted dark green. A photo of it in later years in use as a red rescue truck at Fulwell shows it with two panels on the nearside of the tilt instead of one. (I have not seen an offside view)	Clive G	07/10/2022
Vehicle 213L YT7380 Leyland LB5 Tower Wagon	Evidence from Facebook 'London Transport Service Vehicles - Historical Research Group' that photo shows this at Aurelia Road Tram Depot in Mitcham. Might this be the location in 1938 that is missing from the record card?	Clive G	06/10/2022
Vehicle 212L PU5052 Leyland LB5 Tower Wagon	Evidence from Facebook 'London Transport Service Vehicles - Historical Research Group' that photo shows this at Aurelia Road Tram Depot in Mitcham. Might this be the location in 1938 that is missing from the record card?	Clive G	06/10/2022
Vehicle 216L XP8535 Leyland LB4 Tower Wagon	A photo posted on Facebook 'London Transport Service Vehicles - Historical Research Group' shows this at Aurelia Road Tram Depot in Mitcham, bearing the number 147. Might this be the location in 1938 that is missing from the record card?	Clive G	05/10/2022
Vehicle 953B KYY998 Bedford-Scammell OSS Low Loader	A high metal tilt with a forward facing window was fitted to the front of the trailer when I first saw it in the latter half of 1959. Kim Rennie's book pictures it as delivered, without the tilt, but refers to its later use transporting the tubular bus shelters. This would explain the conversion and suggest the inclusion of a rear facing bench for the crew in similar fashion to shelter carriers 921LT and 1018J.	Clive G	05/10/2022
Photo 6799	I was almost right! LL20DVK is 9044F, while LL20DVN is 9048F.	Thomas Young	22/09/2022
Vehicle 8611R MF67KWX Renault Kangoo Maxi Van	V5C 4/2/2022	Ray	22/09/2022
Vehicle 680M HLW131 Morris PV Van	Noted by JC Gilham as allocated to Hampstead Bill Stores 24/10/46	Clive G	20/09/2022
Vehicle 661B HLW112 Bedford OLBD Van	JC Gilham noted the location as Walthamstow Depot on 3/12/46	Clive G	20/09/2022
Vehicle 671F HLW122 Ford Thames E83W Van	JC Gilham recorded location at 3/1/49 as Parsons Green	Clive G	20/09/2022

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