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.
1076Q	TXV909	AEC Mercury 7-ton Tower Wagon	Heavy Lorry	2GM4RA1824	9799

Licence on:	01/08/1958
Into stock:	16/01/1958
From:	AEC (chassis only)
Out of stock:	20/04/1964 (Life: 6.26 years)
Disposal:	Reading Corporation Transport
Licence off:	31/07/2013 ?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:	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

2 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
6 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.
02/04/2006	Wisley	Cobham Museum Rally	Damon
07/04/2002	Brooklands	Cobham Museum Rally (with tower raised)	Damon
08/04/2001	Brooklands	Cobham Museum Rally	Damon
26/06/1977	Hillingdon Show	National Showbus Silver Jubilee Rally as Reading 332	Stamford
01/07/1967	Reading		Steve Howard
31/03/1962	Acton Tram Depot	-	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
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
04/07/1958	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Aldenham Works	u	ex Eagle Engineering, Saltisford. Now bodied as a Tower Wagon	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
16/07/1958	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
09/04/1962	Transferred	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	Kingston Sub-station		ex Acton, Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	LT Variation Sheets
01/12/1962	Delicensed	LT	Electrical Equipment Engineer (Gp.1)	Kingston Sub-station	u	Listed on 03/12/1962	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
20/04/1964	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Acton	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
19 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://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=137187&search=london+transport&category_id=478&page=3	Ray	03/04/2020
Photo in 'The Final Chapter' (Bowden)	Ray	10/01/2017
Photo in 'Served by London's Trolleybuses' (Capital)	Ray	09/06/2015
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/16033519948/	Ray	22/03/2015
Tower wagon body mounted and vehicle delivered from Eagle Engineering Co Ltd to Aldenham 04/07/1958.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Delivered from AEC to Eagle Engineering Co Ltd, Saltisford, Warwick.	Thomas Young	20/11/2012
Photograph in Historic Commercial News, Volume 26, Number 2. Page 78.	Damon	02/08/2012
Photograph in 'London Trolleybus Memories' (Bowden)	Ray	14/07/2012
Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/21437618@N02/6694164001/	Ray	11/03/2012
SORN in place (@ 02/09/2024 from 25/1/2014). Last SORN to 31/7/2013 (ex 2011 & 2012)	Ray	23/02/2011
Photograph at http://www.flickr.com/photos/35658425@N08/3407827580/in/pool-542260@N20	Ray	22/04/2010
Photograph at http://aec.fotopic.net/p22570933.html	Ray	22/04/2010
Photograph in 'On The Wires' NLTS/Ravensbourne	Ray	21/05/2009
Photograph in 'TLB Extra 1964' (LOTS)	Ray	11/03/2009
Photograph in 'A Trolley Retrieved' (Trolleybooks)	Ray	26/02/2009
Photograph in 'Trolleybuses in West London' (LTPS)	Ray	23/02/2009
Photograph published in LBM145	Ray	23/02/2009
Preserved in Yellow	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.

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

Date checked	Expiry date	Notes	Added by
01/01/2022	31/07/2013		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 7 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
28/11/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
20/11/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
01/08/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
14/03/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
10/01/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
23/02/2011	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y
13/12/2009	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y