RM 1563 & Mortlake Garage
6 September 1982 and Mortlake`s RM 1588 is supposed to be a withdrawn bus as of a couple of days previously. The massive schedule changes and reductions of 4/9/82 took over two hundred RM`s off the road - most of them fully serviceable. The intention was to de-license them for storage but it was noticeable that several buses that were on the `hit list` carried on in service for a few more days - and in some cases just carried on and on....
RM 1588 managed a couple of extra days loaned to Stamford Brook as seen here on the Caxton Road bus stand at Shepherds Bush. 6/9/82 was a Monday and vehicle shortages plus inter-garage loans were always a feature of Mondays due to the skilled craftsmen not working at weekends so any bus developing a problem then that required attention from a fitter, coachmaker or electrician would be unavailable for service until fixed. At Stamford Brook the Airbus service took priority when it came to workshop time and the RM fleet often suffered as a result. Loaned RM`s from Mortlake and Hounslow were commonplace.
RM 1563 & Mortlake Garage
6 September 1982 and Mortlake`s RM 1588 is supposed to be a withdrawn bus as of a couple of days previously. The massive schedule changes and reductions of 4/9/82 took over two hundred RM`s off the road - most of them fully serviceable. The intention was to de-license them for storage but it was noticeable that several buses that were on the `hit list` carried on in service for a few more days - and in some cases just carried on and on....
RM 1588 managed a couple of extra days loaned to Stamford Brook as seen here on the Caxton Road bus stand at Shepherds Bush. 6/9/82 was a Monday and vehicle shortages plus inter-garage loans were always a feature of Mondays due to the skilled craftsmen not working at weekends so any bus developing a problem then that required attention from a fitter, coachmaker or electrician would be unavailable for service until fixed. At Stamford Brook the Airbus service took priority when it came to workshop time and the RM fleet often suffered as a result. Loaned RM`s from Mortlake and Hounslow were commonplace.