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.
646J	GC3971	AEC Regent 95HP 6-ton Tree Lopper	Other	661248	9357

Licence on:	?
Into stock:	27/01/1943
From:	Ex bus ST40
Out of stock:	03/11/1953 (Life: 10.77 years)
Disposal:	Moore and Porter, Mitcham
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Status:	Withdrawn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:	07/10/2012 ?This is the date of the most recent edit. To see details of all edits, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Photos

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

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

Date	Event	Operator	Department	Location	Status	Notes	Source
03/1930	New into stock	LGOC	?	Unknown		ex AEC (as ST-type bus)	Estimate
09/1942	withdrawn as bus	LT	?	Hertford Garage			Ian's Bus Stop
19/01/1943	Modified	LT	n/a	Walthamstow, Ferry Lane (ex AEC)	u	Modified as tree cutter, ex bus ST40	Vehicle Record Card
20/01/1943	Licensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Watford High Street Garage		ex Walthamstow (unlicensed). Still numbered as bus ST40 with bus body number 15463. Livery shown as khaki	Vehicle Record Card
27/01/1943	Body number change	LT	n/a	Watford High Street Garage		Body number changed from 15463 to 9357, still with ST40 fleetnumber	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1943	Delicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage	u	ex Watford High Street. Shown under ST40 fleetnumber	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
29/06/1943	Renumbered	LT	Operating Dept (Country)	St Albans Garage	u	Transferred to Misc Vehicle stock and renumbered (ex bus ST40). Location given as St Albans but crossed out	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1943	Relicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/06/1944	Delicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage	u	Listed as 'Withdrawn'	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
10/07/1944	Transferred	LT	General Manager (Operation) Country	Hemel Hempstead Garage			Vehicle Record Card
20/09/1944	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage	u	ex Hemel Hempstead. VRC could read 30/9/1944	LT Variation Sheets
01/10/1944	Relicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1945	Delicensed	LT	Operations (Country)	St Albans Garage	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
07/07/1945	Repainted	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage	u	Khaki to Green	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
07/07/1945	Relicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/09/1945	Delicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1945	Relicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/03/1946	Delicensed	LT	Operating (Country)	St Albans Garage	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1946	Relicensed	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage			LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
by01/11/1946	Allocated to	LT	Dept of the Gen Mangr (Road Servs) Operating Mangr	St Albans Garage		(Country Buses & Coaches)	CDS Fleetlist November 1946
01/05/1947	Delicensed	LT	Operating Manager (Country)	St Albans Garage	u		LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1947	Relicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	Watford High Street Garage		ex St Albans (unlicensed)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1948	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	n/a	Romford (London Road) Garage	w	ex Watford High Street. VRC shows Reigate crossed through	LT Variation Sheets
01/10/1948	Relicensed and transferred	LT	Operating Manager (Country)	St Albans Garage		ex Romford, Operating Manager (Country)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1949	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	n/a	Romford (London Road) Garage	w	ex St Albans	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1949	Relicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage		ex Romford. Not listed in Advice Book	LT Variation Sheets
01/05/1950	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	n/a	Romford (London Road) Garage	w	ex St Albans	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1950	Relicensed and transferred	LT	Operating Manager (Country)	St Albans Garage		ex Romford	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/05/1951	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	Operating Manager (Country)	Romford (London Road) Garage	w	ex St Albans, Operating Manager (Country)	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1951	Relicensed and transferred	LT	n/a	St Albans Garage		ex Romford	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
20/06/1952	Withdrawn and transferred	LT	n/a	Romford (London Road) Garage	w	ex St Albans	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
01/10/1952	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Aldenham Works	u	ex Romford	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
21/11/1952	Transferred (unlicensed)	LT	n/a	Walthamstow, Ferry Lane (ex AEC)	w	ex Aldenham	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book
03/11/1953	Sold	LT	n/a	n/a		ex Ferry Lane	LT Miscellaneous Vehicles Advice Book

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

Note	Posted by	On
Photo in 'Seeing London Through' (Capital)	Ray	07/12/2021
Like all tree loppers vehicle was only licensed/used during the winter months	Ray	13/07/2020
Fleetnumber 646J allocated 29/06/1943	Thomas Young	14/04/2012
Body number 9357 allocated 27/01/1943 (replacing bus body number 15463)	Thomas Young	14/04/2012
Photograph at http://www.londontrolleybus.com/	Ray	18/04/2010
Photograph in 'London Transport Service Vehicles' (Capital Transport)	Ray	27/02/2009
Photograph in 'London Transport Buses & Coaches 1951' (Hambley)	Ray	24/02/2009
Ex ST40. Carried No. ST40 until 7/45. To Green 7/45	Thomas Young	19/02/2009

Documents ?This section contains scans of official documents that relate to this vehicle.
17 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).
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?
07/10/2012	Improved date out	Thomas Young	Y
15/04/2012	Improved date in	Thomas Young	Y