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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.
87Q DGJ179 AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 641287

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 22/09/1936
From:
Out of stock: 18/09/1961 (Life: 24.99 years)
Disposal: G Cohen and Sons 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Status: Withdrawn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: 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
1 sighting of this vehicle has been reported. Shown below.
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.
10/09/1960 Finchley Garage - Ray
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.
8 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
22/09/1936 Allocated to LT Electrical Engineer Acton Tram Depot 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 Acton Tram Depot CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/10/1952 Withdrawn LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Acton Tram Depot w LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
04/12/1952 Relicensed LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Acton Tram Depot LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
23/08/1960 Transferred LT n/a Finchley Garage ex Acton LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/06/1961 Delicensed and transferred LT n/a Cricklewood Garage u ex Finchley LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
18/09/1961 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Cricklewood. Advice Book gives date as 19/09/1961 LT Variation Sheets
Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
6 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.
Note Posted by On
Petrol 1936 cost £1070 80hp Ray 28/04/2023
Photo in 'London Trolleybus Depots - Vol.3' Taylor Ray 06/12/2021
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rtw501/35793805126 Ray 11/10/2018
Photographs (2) in 'Trolleybuses in Outer North London' (LTPS) Ray 06/03/2009
Photograph (2) in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport) Ray 23/02/2009
Previous number 199 Thomas Young 19/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
8 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