KXW499 NXP904 London Transport LTE RT1400 RT4651
April 1978 Chiswick. The hallowed portals of the London Transport works (CS), played host to a couple of RT-class AEC Regents by then assigned to driver trainer duties, but not all was quite as it seemed. During this period there was a shortage of suitable RT type for such duties, and the call went out to bolster the training fleet with similar buses that had been sold off. Thus several preserved RTs returned to perform such tasks and included as shown here on the right RT 1400 (KXW 499). With its roof boxed Saunders body it departed the works, by then in the hands of preservationist Ted Brakell. At the same time RT 4651 (NXP 904), a Park Royal bodied version entered the works, this though was still owned by LT and based at Walthamstow (WW) Garage.
As an aside note the little LT publicity van on the right, a Vauxhall HA type.
This once famous and revered location has since disappeared and become a modern business development.
KXW499 NXP904 London Transport LTE RT1400 RT4651
April 1978 Chiswick. The hallowed portals of the London Transport works (CS), played host to a couple of RT-class AEC Regents by then assigned to driver trainer duties, but not all was quite as it seemed. During this period there was a shortage of suitable RT type for such duties, and the call went out to bolster the training fleet with similar buses that had been sold off. Thus several preserved RTs returned to perform such tasks and included as shown here on the right RT 1400 (KXW 499). With its roof boxed Saunders body it departed the works, by then in the hands of preservationist Ted Brakell. At the same time RT 4651 (NXP 904), a Park Royal bodied version entered the works, this though was still owned by LT and based at Walthamstow (WW) Garage.
As an aside note the little LT publicity van on the right, a Vauxhall HA type.
This once famous and revered location has since disappeared and become a modern business development.