LT/LCBS Bus Garages
Barking Garage on 4 April 1979. RT 1301 has just three more days left in service having been transferred in to BK having been briefly at Catford and Harrow Weald garages thus operating on all of the last four routes scheduled for RT`s. The lower rear panel has the dents that were a feature of Barking Garage buses and a close look at RM 7 reveals them too in lesser form. Does anyone know what it was that buses were presumably backed onto to cause this?
The picture is of interest for showing an aspect of the interior cleaning process that was part of the end of service run-in at each garage. On each of the islands, the framework and pipes for the industrial hoover (vac) can be seen. The metal pole was hinged so that it could be pulled towards the bus using the plastic vac pipe that was pulled into the bus and then pushed out and away from the bus when the job was done. The rearmost opening window on the offside lower and upper deck had a winder which was faster geared than on all other windows to enable the speed at which the operative - one assigned to each deck - had to work in order that the vac, fuel, and oil tasks were all completed in the same time frame so that the bus moved quickly on to the wash. The vac pipes were long enough to reach all parts of the respective decks and when the machine was running the pipes were held against the framework by suction. Inside the metal unit was a large bag to contain all the rubbish.
LT/LCBS Bus Garages
Barking Garage on 4 April 1979. RT 1301 has just three more days left in service having been transferred in to BK having been briefly at Catford and Harrow Weald garages thus operating on all of the last four routes scheduled for RT`s. The lower rear panel has the dents that were a feature of Barking Garage buses and a close look at RM 7 reveals them too in lesser form. Does anyone know what it was that buses were presumably backed onto to cause this?
The picture is of interest for showing an aspect of the interior cleaning process that was part of the end of service run-in at each garage. On each of the islands, the framework and pipes for the industrial hoover (vac) can be seen. The metal pole was hinged so that it could be pulled towards the bus using the plastic vac pipe that was pulled into the bus and then pushed out and away from the bus when the job was done. The rearmost opening window on the offside lower and upper deck had a winder which was faster geared than on all other windows to enable the speed at which the operative - one assigned to each deck - had to work in order that the vac, fuel, and oil tasks were all completed in the same time frame so that the bus moved quickly on to the wash. The vac pipes were long enough to reach all parts of the respective decks and when the machine was running the pipes were held against the framework by suction. Inside the metal unit was a large bag to contain all the rubbish.