LTSV Vehicle Detail

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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.
89Q	DGJ181	AEC Mercury 4-ton Tower Wagon	Heavy Lorry	641290

Licence on:	?/10/1936
Into stock:	01/10/1936
From:
Out of stock:	19/07/1962 (Life: 25.80 years)
Disposal:	Birds Commercial Motors
Licence off:	31/07/2022 ?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:	Preserved
Allocation:	n/a
Added to LTSV:	01/09/2005 by Thomas Young
Last edited:	27/01/2024 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

11 photos of this vehicle have been published, shown below in order of date taken (oldest first).

There may be references to other photos in the Notes section further down this page.

Sightings
21 sightings of this vehicle have been reported. The most recent 20 are shown below. To see all sightings, click here.

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.
30/08/2016	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	Inside	Thomas Young
12/05/2012	Fulwell Garage	-	Ray
12/05/2012	Fulwell Garage	-	Thomas Young
08/10/2011	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Ray
13/03/2010	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Ray
02/11/2008	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Damon
28/06/2008	Bow Garage		abgen
28/06/2008	Bow Garage	Open Day	London spotter
28/06/2008	Bow Garage	Public Open Day	Damon
28/06/2008	Bow Garage	open day	Thomas Young
04/05/2008	Brighton	HCVS London - Brighton run.	Damon
03/03/2007	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	parked tightly behind Diddler 1	Damon
27/05/2006	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	here whilst Covent Garden Museum is refurbished	John Lloyd-Martin
21/05/2006	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Damon
04/06/2005	Acton (LT Museum Depot)	-	Damon
02/08/2003	Fulwell Garage	Preserved	Thomas Young
23/06/2001	Holloway (Highgate) Garage	Open Day	K. PLY
02/04/1994	Covent Garden	LT Museum	Damon
12/02/1961	Shepherd's Bush Green	-	Ray
01/01/1961	?	Approximate date	Steve Howard

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.
14 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
01/10/1936	Allocated to	LT	Electrical Engineer	Fulwell Garage			Vehicle Record Card
by01/01/1938	Allocated to	LT	Electrical ( T&T)	Unknown		Allocated 'West'	KR CD List
07/05/1940	Allocated to	LT	Engineer in Chief, Electrical Supply	Fulwell Garage			LOTS Notes
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the Chief Engr (Distribution Engr (T&T) S	Fulwell Garage			CDS Fleetlist November 1946
14/07/1953	Withdrawn	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Fulwell Garage	w		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1953	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer	Fulwell Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
12/05/1959	Delicensed	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	Fulwell Garage	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
17/06/1959	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	Acton Tram Depot	u	ex Fulwell, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/07/1959	Relicensed	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	Acton Tram Depot			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
02/06/1961	Transferred	LT	n/a	West Ham Garage		ex Acton	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
28/06/1961	Transferred	LT	n/a	Holloway (Highgate) Garage		ex West Ham. Swapped with 83Q	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
30/03/1962	Delicensed	LT	Reserve	Holloway (Highgate) Garage	u	ex Highgate, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	LT Variation Sheets
11/05/1962	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	Reserve	Aldenham Works	u	ex Highgate	LT Variation Sheets
19/07/1962	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Aldenham	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 1936 cost £1070 80hp	Ray	28/04/2023
Photo (No.275) at http://www.trolleybus.net/	Ray	20/10/2018
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23875695@N06/6189884967	Ray	21/11/2015
Photograph in LBM 161	Ray	19/08/2012
photographs at http://www.londontrolleybus.com/	Ray	18/04/2010
photographs at aec.fotopic.net/p50179690.html p50179694 and p51874165	Ray	28/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Bus & Tram Album' (Ian Allan 1979)	Ray	26/02/2009
Photographs in LT Museum collection (P50179690/4)	Ray	24/02/2009
Photograph in 'The London Trolleybus Vol.2' (Capital Transport)	Ray	23/02/2009
Previous number 201	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
14 documents relating to this vehicle have been published. Shown below in date order (oldest first). Hover over a document to see more details.

Licensing History ?The licence expiry dates are regularly updated, with all records shown here (most recent first).

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/04/2022	31/07/2022		Ray

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 5 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
27/01/2024	History Event ID 11914 edited	Ray	Y
27/01/2024	History Event ID 11821 edited	Ray	Y
01/04/2022	Licensing date updated	Ray	Y
08/07/2018	Licensing date from updated	Ray	Y
26/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y