EYK 396 (London Transport RT 1), Balls Pond Road
EYK 396 (London Transport RT 1, 1939 / 1949 AEC RT / LPTB) at Balls Pond Road, Dalston.
Attempt to be arty with a nearside mirror at traffic lights from the top deck.
This bus carries the prototype RT body, built in 1939. The original body and chassis were separated in 1945, with the chassis being scrapped in the 1950s. The body survived on a 1949 chassis new to RT 1420, as a mobile mechanical training unit. After some years in a near derelict condition, the bus was bought for preservation in 1978, and restored with the identity and registration number of RT 1 in time for the 1979 celebrations for the last RT in service.
After export to America in 1983, it returned to the UK in 1986. After a few owners, and the possibility of a second exile, it is now in the collection of the London Bus Museum.
The building to the left of the photo was a London County Council Tramways electrical sub-station.
Taken on the route 38 vintage bus running day, organised by the London Bus Museum.
EYK 396 (London Transport RT 1), Balls Pond Road
EYK 396 (London Transport RT 1, 1939 / 1949 AEC RT / LPTB) at Balls Pond Road, Dalston.
Attempt to be arty with a nearside mirror at traffic lights from the top deck.
This bus carries the prototype RT body, built in 1939. The original body and chassis were separated in 1945, with the chassis being scrapped in the 1950s. The body survived on a 1949 chassis new to RT 1420, as a mobile mechanical training unit. After some years in a near derelict condition, the bus was bought for preservation in 1978, and restored with the identity and registration number of RT 1 in time for the 1979 celebrations for the last RT in service.
After export to America in 1983, it returned to the UK in 1986. After a few owners, and the possibility of a second exile, it is now in the collection of the London Bus Museum.
The building to the left of the photo was a London County Council Tramways electrical sub-station.
Taken on the route 38 vintage bus running day, organised by the London Bus Museum.