Manchester Guy Vixen tower wagon No. A120

An old photograph of Manchester Corporation Transport (MCT) Guy Vixen LVDF overhead wire maintenance tower wagon No. A120 (registration TVM892).

The photo reverse is stamped with the photographer (and/or negative owner) name 'The Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd, Warwick'. The vehicle looks new, I assume this was taken in the Eagle Engineering works yard just before delivery to Manchester.

A120 comprised a Guy Vixen chassis and Eagle Engineering tower wagon body, it was new to MCT in Nov 1956 and was withdrawn after it had finished working (removing overhead wires, etc) on the Manchester trolleybus system that had stopped passenger services in Dec 1966. In Apr 1967 it was sold to Blackpool Corporation Transport (allocated fleet No. 241) to work on their tramway overhead wires, being withdrawn and scrapped by them in 1979.

There is information about 'The 'Vixen' 4 tonner, and the Vixen tower waggon' here:-
www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/commercial/Guy/...

If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.

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Taken on: November 1, 1956

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