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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.
1075Q TXV908 AEC Mercury 7-ton Tower Wagon Heavy Lorry 2GM4RA1823 9798

Licence on: ?
Into stock: 16/01/1958
From: AEC (chassis only)
Out of stock: 14/07/1964 (Life: 6.49 years)
Disposal: Arlington Motor Co, Ponders End
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Status: Withdrawn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: 28/11/2012 ?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
3 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.
01/01/1963 ? Approximate date Steve Howard
31/03/1962 Kingston Sub-station - 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.
7 history entries have been added, shown below in date order (oldest first).
Date Event Operator Department Location Status Notes Source
16/01/1958 New into stock LT n/a n/a u ex AEC. Chassis only. To Eagle Engineering Co Ltd, Saltisford, Warks LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
20/06/1958 Transferred (unlicensed) LT n/a Aldenham Works u ex Eagle Engineering, Saltisford. Now bodied as a Tower Wagon LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
09/07/1958 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Electrical Equipment Engineer Acton Tram Depot u ex Aldenham LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/08/1958 Licensed LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Acton Tram Depot LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/12/1962 Delicensed LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Kingston Sub-station u Listed on 03/12/1962. Non-contiguous LT Variation Sheets
01/12/1962 Transferred (unlicensed) LT Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1) Acton Tram Depot u ex Kingston, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1). Listed on 09/01/1963 LT Variation Sheets
14/07/1964 Sold LT n/a n/a ex Acton Depot. Listed on 24/09/1964 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
Photo in L.T. Service Vehicles (Webber) Bowden Publishing Ray 30/01/2025
Photo at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10234400299097662&set=gm.1625783561324313&idorvanity=1203782633524410 Ray 17/09/2024
Some location details obviously lacking here. Brian Bunker records Kingston substn unlicensed 9/7/58, licensed 1/8/58. Clive G 11/07/2023
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/33337479955 Ray 29/05/2017
Tower wagon body mounted and vehicle delivered from Eagle Engineering Co Ltd to Aldenham 20/06/1958. Thomas Young 20/11/2012
Delivered from AEC to Eagle Engineering Co Ltd, Saltisford, Warwick. Thomas Young 20/11/2012
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6694164001/ Ray 11/03/2012
photograph at http://www.transportphotos.com/road/photo/HuG2034-d1 Ray 23/07/2010
Photograph in 'Croydon's Trolleybuses' (Middleton Press) Ray 11/03/2009
Photograph in LBM46 Ray 23/02/2009
Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
7 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?
28/11/2012 Improved date out (listed on 24/09/1964) Thomas Young Y
20/11/2012 Improved date in Thomas Young Y