A lost RTL
Well of course, most RTLs are 'lost', in that out of 1631 built, only around 25 are known to survive. RTL55 was with London Transport for nine years, followed by sixteen with Lockeys of West Auckland. The bus was then owned by Lanarkshire Travel of Hamilton for a couple more years before going for scrap in 1977, a creditable working life of twenty-eight years.
JXN378 is seen here with it's new Scottish owners at a rally (Dunbar?) on 24 August 1975. I'm loving the little platform cameo on the bus in front!
Scanned from a slide taken by the late Charles Dean, now in my collection.
A lost RTL
Well of course, most RTLs are 'lost', in that out of 1631 built, only around 25 are known to survive. RTL55 was with London Transport for nine years, followed by sixteen with Lockeys of West Auckland. The bus was then owned by Lanarkshire Travel of Hamilton for a couple more years before going for scrap in 1977, a creditable working life of twenty-eight years.
JXN378 is seen here with it's new Scottish owners at a rally (Dunbar?) on 24 August 1975. I'm loving the little platform cameo on the bus in front!
Scanned from a slide taken by the late Charles Dean, now in my collection.