LT/LCBS Bus Garages
It was forty four years ago today on 7 April 1979 that the last RT`s in normal scheduled service came to an end. Through the late morning into lunchtime they came off service to be substituted for RM`s at Barking Garage which for a few hours would be one of just a handful of LT garages to attract vast crowds witnessing the end of another bit of transport history.
It was impossible to get any pictures devoid of people and I was lucky to have got this one without someone walking in front of the camera at the crucial moment. I wonder if anyone looking at this now forty four years on recognises themselves or anyone present.
It was unusual for a bus to run in service with one of the upper back adverts missing but in some ways it adds something to the occasion as it makes the bus particularly distinctive and this view is probably one of the most famous RT pictures of all time as captured by so many people. It`s RT 624 entering Barking Garage as the final end to RT operation. And by an unplanned coincidence on this anniversary it`s also the final upload of my bus garages pictures Tomorrow I will begin another theme.......
LT/LCBS Bus Garages
It was forty four years ago today on 7 April 1979 that the last RT`s in normal scheduled service came to an end. Through the late morning into lunchtime they came off service to be substituted for RM`s at Barking Garage which for a few hours would be one of just a handful of LT garages to attract vast crowds witnessing the end of another bit of transport history.
It was impossible to get any pictures devoid of people and I was lucky to have got this one without someone walking in front of the camera at the crucial moment. I wonder if anyone looking at this now forty four years on recognises themselves or anyone present.
It was unusual for a bus to run in service with one of the upper back adverts missing but in some ways it adds something to the occasion as it makes the bus particularly distinctive and this view is probably one of the most famous RT pictures of all time as captured by so many people. It`s RT 624 entering Barking Garage as the final end to RT operation. And by an unplanned coincidence on this anniversary it`s also the final upload of my bus garages pictures Tomorrow I will begin another theme.......