RML 2488 in 2011
This is absolutely no way to treat a British icon! Former Stagecoach London RML 2488 is seen here dumped unceremoniously by the children's Crazy Golf course in Turnham Green in Chiswick in April 2011 with the vehicle looking very sorry for itself and 'painted' (I use the term loosely) in an all-over red livery without any respect as to the history of the vehicle. Many serviceable parts of this RML had already been removed as well as the engine so that nobody would drive the bus away! Curiously RML 2488 was fitted with a set of former Putney (AF) bus garage blinds on the front and rear, even though RML 2488's last port of call was at Bow (BW) bus garage with Stagecoach London where it operated on route 8 until June 2004. Thankfully RML 2488 has gone from this spot in Turnham Green and now resides by a water leisure park facility in Wraysbury in Berkshire where it has since been treated with more respect.
RML 2488 in 2011
This is absolutely no way to treat a British icon! Former Stagecoach London RML 2488 is seen here dumped unceremoniously by the children's Crazy Golf course in Turnham Green in Chiswick in April 2011 with the vehicle looking very sorry for itself and 'painted' (I use the term loosely) in an all-over red livery without any respect as to the history of the vehicle. Many serviceable parts of this RML had already been removed as well as the engine so that nobody would drive the bus away! Curiously RML 2488 was fitted with a set of former Putney (AF) bus garage blinds on the front and rear, even though RML 2488's last port of call was at Bow (BW) bus garage with Stagecoach London where it operated on route 8 until June 2004. Thankfully RML 2488 has gone from this spot in Turnham Green and now resides by a water leisure park facility in Wraysbury in Berkshire where it has since been treated with more respect.