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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.
77Q BYM146 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641246

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 11/07/1935
From:
Out of stock: 27/01/1961 (Life: 25.55 years)
Disposal: G Cohen, 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Status: Withdrawn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
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.
27/03/1960 West Ham 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.
11 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
01/07/1935 Allocated to LT Electrical Engineer - Overhead Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938 Allocated to LT Electrical ( T&T) Unknown Allocated 'North' KR CD List
01/03/1946 Delicensed LT Electrical Engineer (North) Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot u LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
11/05/1946 Relicensed LT Electrical Engineer (North) Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) N Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot CDS Fleetlist November 1946
24/04/1950 Withdrawn LT Distribution Engineer (N) Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot w LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/07/1950 Relicensed LT Distribution Engineer (N) Lea Bridge (Leyton) Depot 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
29/11/1960 Withdrawn LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) West Ham Garage w LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
08/12/1960 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Reserve West Ham Garage w ex West Ham, Stored LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
27/01/1961 Sold LT n/a n/a ex West Ham LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
8 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
Note Posted by On
Petrol cost £1058 (1935) 32hp Ray 12/05/2023
Lorry/Tower Wagon body by Eagle Engineering, Warwick Ray 27/05/2022
Photo in 'The Final Chapter' (Bowden) Ray 10/01/2017
Photo at http://www.londontrolleybus.com/ Ray 05/10/2012
Photograph in 'Trolleybuses in east London' (LTPS) Ray 19/11/2010
Photograph at http://www.londontrolleybus.com/ Ray 18/04/2010
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.1' (Capital Transport) Ray 23/02/2009
Previous number 152 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