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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.
208C (TP) Leyland Cub SKZ1 4-ton Trolleybus Rescue Truck Heavy Lorry SKZ16479

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 23/10/1936
From:
Out of stock: 25/09/1962 (Life: 25.92 years)
Disposal: Lammas Motors, Earlsfield
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Status: Withdrawn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
No photos of this vehicle have been published.
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.
19/02/1961 Fulwell Garage - 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.
10 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
01/08/1936 Allocated to LT General Manager (R.T.) Trolleybuses Hanwell Garage GTP 021GF Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938 Allocated to LT Traffic Hanwell Garage KR CD List
03/05/1940 Change of department name LT General Manager (Operation) T&T Hanwell Garage Vehicle Record Card
11/12/1942 Change of department name LT Chief Engineer (T&T) Hanwell Garage Vehicle Record Card
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the CME (Road Servs) RSE (T&T) Hanwell Garage TP 021GF CDS Fleetlist November 1946
13/12/1956 Transferred LT n/a Finchley Garage ex Hanwell. Replacement for 207C LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/12/1960 Transferred LT RSE (RS) (Gp.1) Fulwell Garage ex Finchley, RSE (RS) (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
28/05/1962 Delicensed and transferred LT Reserve Aldenham Works u ex Fulwell LT Variation Sheets
01/06/1962 Change of registration LT RSE (RS) Unknown GTP 021GF off and surrendered. Listed on 05/06/1962 LT Variation Sheets
25/09/1962 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Works, Reserve 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 cost £526 (23/10/1936) 29.4hp Ray 09/05/2023
Photo (No.296) at http://www.trolleybus.net/ Ray 20/10/2018
Photo in 'London Trolleybus Depots' (part 1) Hugh Taylor Ray 30/09/2017
Photo in 'The Final Chapter' (Bowden) Ray 10/01/2017
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/15941465884 Ray 28/02/2015
Photograph in SUP15B Ray 27/02/2009
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport) Ray 23/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Trolleybuses' (Ian Allan 2003) Ray 23/02/2009
Photograph in 'Trolleybuses in NW London' (LTPS) Ray 23/02/2009
TP 021GF. Previous number 223 Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
4 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 (not to Hoblyn in 05/1962) Thomas Young Y