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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.
83Q DGJ175 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641284

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 21/08/1936
From:
Out of stock: 02/01/1962 (Life: 25.37 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Status: Withdrawn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: 09/01/2014 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photos
2 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).
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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.
01/01/1961 ? Approximate date Steve Howard
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.
12 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
21/08/1936 Allocated to LT ? Kingston Sub-station 'Norbiton, London Road' 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) S Kingston Sub-station CDS Fleetlist November 1946
08/02/1950 Withdrawn LT Distribution Engineer (S) Unknown w LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1950 Relicensed LT Distribution Engineer (S) Unknown LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/11/1953 Withdrawn LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Unknown w LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/02/1954 Relicensed LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Unknown LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/06/1959 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Acton Tram Depot ex Kingston, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
28/12/1960 Transferred LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Holloway (Highgate) Garage ex Acton, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1). Replacement for 101N LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
28/06/1961 Transferred LT n/a West Ham Garage ex Highgate. Swapped with 89Q LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
31/07/1961 Delicensed and transferred LT n/a Mortlake Garage u ex West Ham LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
02/01/1962 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Mortlake. Listed on 29/01/1962 LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
5 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
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There was only space for one wagon at Kingston sub stn so this must have been moved out when 1075Q arrived to replace it - possibly 9/7/58 or 1/8/58? Clive G 11/07/2023
Petrol 1936 cost £1070 80hp Ray 28/04/2023
Photo in 'London Trolleybuses B&W Album 2' (Capital) Ray 20/10/2020
Photo in 'Served by London's Trolleybuses' (Capital) Ray 09/06/2015
Previous number 195 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 2 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).
Date Summary Edited by Public?
09/01/2014 Improved date out Thomas Young Y
25/11/2012 Improved date out Thomas Young Y