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At lunch, I watched two red tailed hawks circling each other. One had a light chin and the other dark. This is the light chinned one :)

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Exiting Slough bus station on rte "441 Staines Stn - Hedgerley Village". RT1009 allocated to Windsor garage was w/d 3/77 stored at High Wycombe ended up being exported to the U.S.A. converted to open top, noted being used in Riverside California by 2000, stored in 2001, derelict by 2015 .

As well as he 87 route passing through the centre of Rainham, two other Central routes terminated here -the 165 and 103. At the Church are RT2170 on the 103 and RT3486 on a short terminating 87 with a Country RT in the distance. RT's on the 103 were ousted by SMS buses just 9 months after this picture was taken -25/6/70.

There were still a few RT's around such as RT1332 on Route 193 with another on the 87 seen from the Western Rd. carpark on 1/6/77. My old school, St.Edwards features here with the brick built Quadrangle - the Senior school had moved to new premises up London Rd near Chadwell Heath but the old buildings were still being used as a Primary School. I believe this was not to last long and the whole site was demolished later.

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Take your pick. Now at Hemel Hempstead.

Back at the station, the shops on the left have gone. And so did the RT ten months later.

Enfield garage (E) is actually located in Ponders End and operated RTs on several routes, but all were whisked away for conversion into trainers from 16th January 1978. Three years earlier RT 4757 (E) is captured on the 135 at Brimsdown station. Monday 24th February 1975. 2G-9.

It's SPACE, but browner than ever! To my recollection, this is the first time I've built a brown fig-scale spaceship, and the first time I've ever used the orangey-brown colour at all. I mean, I don't even know the actual name of it, despite having had some since that Designer dinosaur set many years ago.

But anyway, I digress. You can probably tell that there's some TR inspiration going on here, because that guy is just too cool and I wanted to try his compact building style. But then I added my bizarre angular style, crazy internal structure, and ended up with this. I love it. Come to the NSC Leicester event, and I may even let you swoosh it.

Also, there was some discussion on AFOL 16+ that there's not enough "tough love" constructive criticism anymore, not since CSF died. So I invite you all to rip this to shreds, should you be so inclined. But constructively.

A revised version of my old AT-RT

I started over again from scratch. Parts of the previous model have been reused but I tried incorporate a different/ new design.

Moderner Rorschachtest.

Back 'home' -South Street, Romford by Roneo Corner with RT's on the 87 & 174 routes and a RML (probably on the 165) passing. 15/4/72.

Flowering bush, 5-24-23

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We called in next at Potters Bar.

Well specced Clio in very nice condition.

Vehicle make

RENAULT

Date of first registration

28 October 1995

Year of manufacture

1995

Cylinder capacity (cc)

1390cc

The Dodge Magnum is very rare in Europe as we had the car as Chrysler 300C Touring. This generation of the Magnum was built from 2004 until 2008. The RT has an 5.7 litre Hemi V8 engine.

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Grimsby Corporation Transport 81, 1946 AEC Regent III O961215/Roe H31/25R, JV9901.

Newark Showground, 29/5/22.

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One of the 28 buses that were used on the 140 at peak times.

Lewisham Bus Station was quite new in 1978, now its been replaced by the DLR station. RT 3351 moved to Bow as a trainer in August and was sold to Wombwells in Feb 80.

RT 266 024 met half beladen containertrein ter hoogte van Hulten richting Breda

With the area radio car riding shotgun 624 passes the Old Hainault Oak - or where it was, anyway.

RT 1015 only lasted until September.

St-Etienne (42)

Lights, camera, action. I could possiby have been seen in the movie, but more likely ended up on the cutting room floor.

All done safely.

Route 66 Trip

It rained a bit that day! Here's abusy scene at Crystal Palace. 1654 didn't survive, but it did move around a bit before the end came. I'm sure I've got it on film elsewhere!

To commemorate 50 years since the end of crew operation at Edgware garage, RT 2177 operated on route 292 (the last crew route) on Saturday 15 July 2023. I'm a bit younger than the bus, but I have to say the RT was in better condition and running more smoothly than me!

They are original blinds, from the last bus in 1973.

In case we missed it last time!

When in service with LT, spent most of it's working life either at Sutton or Barking Garages.

Sitting - Nov 2013

RT 3629 now moves away whilst RT4727 waits with its crew on the 403 route. - Croydon Bus Stn. 10/2/73.

Showing signs of having used an RM blind, 489 was another Wombwell short-term guest.