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A view of a London RT class double decker working on the 62 route in the Barking area of Essex during the final months of useage of this type of vehicle.
Alton bus rally on Sunday 16th July saw large numbers of preserved buses. From the London contingent came RT 1798.
I Think RT 4353 with RF 518s REG, I know there is a tail about this but I am not shore if its right. This is not one of my photos I found it in a shop and will remove it or add a name if asked to do so
St Andrews Drive in Orpington was the terminus for route 94, where RT 562 (TB) waits at the stand in readiness for its next run to Lewisham. Saturday 20th April 1974. N-5.
Note the swan neck lamp post and what now would be classic cars!
Leatherhead running day. I chanced upon this event on returning from photographing the steam train special from Waterloo marking the 50th anniversary of the end of Southern steam.
Sina steers her agile asteroid marker through the asteroid field. She skillfully steers the glider between the chunks.
A line-up of RT-family vehicles on display at Ash Grove Garage during the 'RT 75' celebrations. Inclulded in the line-up is former St Helens no. 67; although many operators bought second-hand examples from London transport, St Helens Corporation was the only operator to buy them new. No. 67 is preserved at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum in Lathalmond, Fife, and representatives brought to bus all the way down to London to participate.
Nearest the camera, RT2688 is blinded up, rather appropriately for the event, as route 75; it also carries 'RT 75' garage code and running number plates, although in reality there has never been a garage coded 'RT'. Route 75 was for most of its life operated by Catford Garage, which coincidentally celebrates its centenary in 2014 and will stage an open day on Saturday 10th May. Route 75, which has been operated by Metrobus' Croydon Garage for the past five years, returns to what could be considered its spiritual home, two weeks before that date.
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'RT 75' is the first of the '2014 - Year of the Bus' celebrations, and marks the 75th anniversary of the entry into service of the first RT-types on route 22.
The event featured a number of runs by RT-family vehicles between Piccadilly Circus and Homerton, which was once part of the 22 route. Some buses also ran to and from Ash Grove Garage, where there was also a display of RT-family vehicles, including an ex-St Helens example which had come down all the way from the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum in Lathalmond, Fife.