| This photo, most likely taken at Lillie Bridge depot in about 1951, shows Leyland Hippo tipper 951L parked next to a rail-mounted steam crane. The fact that the tipper is backed-up to the cab of the crane makes me think that perhaps the staff visible were shovelling coal out of the tipper into the crane. 951L was the only Hippo in the London Transport fleet, and the only 3-axle tipper until the delivery of 2538M in 1993. It was new at the end of 1950 (around the same time as a fleet of 7 slightly smaller Leyland Beaver tippers), and surprisingly only lasted until 1955. |
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c.1951 |
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30/03/2024 |
