The Famous Recovery Vehicle - Milly Tant

A photo gallery (with notes) of the early years mostly at London Transport

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Milly at Wood Green Garage
Wood Green Garage (early years)
Open day 1979
Open Day – 1979
Open day second view
Open Day – second view
Camberwell 1972
Camberwell – 1972
Crystal Palace hills incident
Crystal Palace incident
Auxiliary tender 739J
Auxiliary Tender 739J
Hawkridge beam
Hawkridge beam detail
Tower Bridge recovery
Tower Bridge recovery
Tower Hill crash
Crash aftermath
Recovery damage detail
Damage detail
Rear damage view
Rear damage view
Leaving the scene
Leaving the scene
Greenwich recovery
Greenwich recovery
Tender recovery
Recovering the tender
Sister vehicle RM1457
Sister vehicle RM1457
SFL lift operation
SFL lift operation
Equipment details
Equipment details
Bus rally 1983
Bus rally – 1983
RM1457 comparison
Comparison with RM1457
Milly pristine 1983
Pristine – 1983
National Rescue Fleet 1984
National Rescue Fleet
Aircraft visit
Aircraft visit
Murray Walker visit
Special visitors
A3 incident 1986
A3 recovery – 1986
Esher recovery
Esher recovery
Dumper recovery
Dumper recovery
Brooklands runway convoy
Brooklands convoy
Control tower move
Control tower move
Harrier lift
Harrier lift
Engine install
Engine install
Aircraft unloading
Aircraft unloading
Retirement
Retirement