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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.
78Q BYM147 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641245 ?

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 24/07/1935
From:
Out of stock: 09/11/1961 (Life: 26.30 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Status: Withdrawn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: 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.
29/01/1961 Manor House - 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.
13 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
24/07/1935 Allocated to LT Electrical Engineer - Overhead Thornton Heath Garage Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938 Allocated to LT Electrical ( T&T) Unknown Allocated 'South' KR CD List
by01/11/1946 Allocated to LT Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) S Thornton Heath Garage CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/12/1946 Delicensed LT Electrical Engineer Thornton Heath Garage u LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
25/03/1947 Relicensed LT Electrical Engineer (South) Thornton Heath Garage LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
19/05/1950 Withdrawn LT Distribution Engineer (N) Thornton Heath Garage w Advice book shows Dist Eng N and Thornton Heath! LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
28/08/1950 Relicensed and transferred LT Distribution Engineer (TT) Carshalton (Sutton) Garage LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/11/1951 Withdrawn LT Distribution Engineer Carshalton (Sutton) Garage w Variation sheets shows department as 'District Engineer' LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/01/1952 Relicensed and transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Acton Tram Depot LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
29/07/1959 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Bowles Road PW Depot ex Earlsfield, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1). Non-contiguous LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
28/12/1960 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Wood Green Garage ex Bowles Road, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1). Replacement for 412P LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/08/1961 Delicensed and transferred LT Stored Loughton Garage u ex Wood Green LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
09/11/1961 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Loughton LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
9 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 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6694164001/ Ray 11/03/2012
photograph at http://www.transportphotos.com/road/photo/HuG2034-d3 Ray 23/07/2010
Photograph in SUP15B Ray 27/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Tramway Pictorial' (Willoughby) Ray 26/02/2009
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport) Ray 23/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Tramways 1933-1952' (LTHG) Ray 23/02/2009
Previous number 153 Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
10 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