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.
1281F	579EYU	Ford Thames Trader 3-ton Auxiliary Breakdown Tender	Heavy Lorry	L30B852653	M13

Licence on:	10/01/1964
Into stock:	13/09/1963
From:	Mann Egerton
Out of stock:	08/01/1980 (Life: 16.32 years)
Disposal:	British Car Auctions
Licence off:	31/03/1995 ?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Status:	Withdrawn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:	14/10/2022 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

3 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
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.
11/07/1977	?		Steve Howard
19/05/1974	Syon Park	Museum	Ray
25/03/1969	Ealing Common Depot	Inside the breakdown lorries garage with 1277LD.	Clive G

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

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
13/09/1963	New into stock	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Mann Egerton	LT Variation Sheets
01/01/1964	Licensed and transferred	LT	CME (Railways) (Gp.1)	Neasden Depot		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets
10/04/1964	Transferred	LT	n/a	Hainault Depot		ex Neasden. Replacement for 417J. Seems to have actually been at Ealing Common	LT Variation Sheets
by01/09/1972	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Running - Railways) (Gp.1)	Hainault Depot		Actually at Ealing Common. Docked at Stockwell	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/01/1974	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Running - Railways) (Gp.1)	Hainault Depot		Actually at Ealing Common. Docked at Stockwell	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by01/10/1975	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Running - Railways) (Gp.1)	Hainault Depot		Actually at Ealing Common	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
by05/1978	Allocated to	LT	Mechanical Engineer (Railways) (Gp.1)	Neasden Depot		Docked at Stockwell	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Register (as date)
05/07/1978	Transferred	LT	Chief Operating Manager (Railways) (Gp.1)	Neasden Depot		ex Hainault, Chief Operating Manager (Railways) (Gp.1)	LT Variation Sheets
19/09/1979	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Works	u	ex Neasden, Chief Operating Manager (Railways) (Gp.1)	LT Variation Sheets
08/01/1980	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Works	LT Variation Sheets

Notes ?This section contains notes that users have added about this vehicle.
5 notes about this vehicle have been posted, shown below with the most recent first.

Note	Posted by	On
Although shown on Variation Sheets and Registers as being at Hainault from 1964 until at least October 1975, other documents (and personal observations) suggest it was actually based at Ealing Common continually between July 1964 and January 1978 at least.	Thomas Young	14/10/2022
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/rw3-497alh/37047045323	Ray	21/06/2019
Photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/7240226@N02/8390295262/	Ray	19/04/2014
Last licensed as brown	Ray	12/01/2012
Photograph in 'The Odd Spot' (Ravensbrook)	Ray	16/04/2010

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
6 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	31/03/1995		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 6 times, as listed below (most recent edits first).

Date	Summary	Edited by	Public?
14/10/2022	History Event ID 26438 edited	Thomas Young	Y
14/10/2022	History Event ID 25362 edited	Thomas Young	Y
14/10/2022	History Event ID 16394 edited	Thomas Young	Y
14/10/2022	History Event ID 8679 edited	Thomas Young	Y
27/11/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y
12/01/2012	Licensing date/s updated	Ray	Y