By way of a comparison.
Earlier on the same holiday, I'd photographed this original type Southdown Queen Mary' 2880 CD. The window layout on these, whilst you couldn't describe as being conventional, was more so than the 'leaf green' example I posted yesterday. The spacings on these bodies were similar to those on an a lengthened Routemaster with a short additional centre bay. The shot was taken in Brighton, the bus was serving as a driver trainer... at the risk of stating the obvious(!). Driver Training and open top fleets were traditional repositories for the older time served buses.
By way of a comparison.
Earlier on the same holiday, I'd photographed this original type Southdown Queen Mary' 2880 CD. The window layout on these, whilst you couldn't describe as being conventional, was more so than the 'leaf green' example I posted yesterday. The spacings on these bodies were similar to those on an a lengthened Routemaster with a short additional centre bay. The shot was taken in Brighton, the bus was serving as a driver trainer... at the risk of stating the obvious(!). Driver Training and open top fleets were traditional repositories for the older time served buses.