Old bus photos

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  • London Skid Pan

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    I’ve just come across a Pathe Film entitled “The Traffic Moves – 1933” (see the link below).It features Berlin’s trams, buses and S-bahn trains taking up their daily duties (claiming to be in 1933). However, my attention was drawn to the scene showing their imposing six-wheel double-deckers on a “skid pan”.When did London start using…

  • What Does RT Stand For

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    Quick question, what does RT stand for on one type of London Transport bus. Roger 31/05/14 – 14:12 I think is was for ‘Regent Type’ Roger Broughton 02/06/14 – 07:12 There has long been conjecture about the ‘meaning’ of the letters RT. The sometimes offered idea that it stands for Regent Three fails to hold…

  • Double Gangway Lowbridge Layout

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    It seems that upstairs there were 8 rows of 3 seats each, and the rearward-looking view of the lower saloon reveals a low arch (but not quite as low as the side gangways) just as you step down onto the platform, which would be the consequence of having a partly-sunken cross-gangway across the forward end…

  • London Transport GS Class

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    This year marks the 60th anniversary of London Transport’s GS class. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the GS was that such a competent and handsome bus should emerge from a specification that on paper looks decidedly iffy. Not to put to fine a point on it, it looks like a real bitsa: bitsa this,…

  • Ten LTs in a Row – Hyde Park – Spring 1944

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    In the middle of the war, the shortage of fuel and rubber necessitated a national 25% reduction in both essentials. In London, many morning rush-hour buses were parked in Central London, mostly in the Royal Parks, where special dispensation had been given. Drivers and conductors travelled back to their home garages on the remaining buses…

  • London Transport Body Builders Plates

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    Can anyone help with a question I have relating to LT body builders plates from RT and RTL buses? I recently rode on an RTL and noticed that the builders plate stated the fact that it was built by Leyland Motors! I have a plate in my possession from a RT and the plate has…

  • London Transport ST798 – GO 5164 (RN17787) – Anti-submarine Simulator

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    Jas Stirling once told me, years ago, that there was thought to be an ex-London ST walled-up somewhere in Jerusalem, having been a (military?) canteen and kept for old times’ sake from the breakers there. Did anyone else ever hear that odd rumour? Jas said that he thought a group was attempting to locate and…

  • London Transport – Model LT “Scooter” LT1033

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    A few shots of one of my models scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale)This time a 1931 London Transport AEC Renown “Scooter” LT1033 six wheeeled single deck bus is shown below.The model was commisioned for a client in Canada. Completed shell in primer prior to assembly and painting Painted, lettered and…

  • London Transport – Model ex-AEC STL Breakdown Tender

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    A few shots of one of my models scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale)This time London Transport AEC STL 175 registration AGX 517 converted to a Breakdown TenderThis vehicle has been preserved and is at Cobham. Painted, lettered and ready for the next breakdown. Iain Simms04/2012

  • Front entrance and rear engined Routemasters

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    The front entranced Routemaster RMF1254 was unique in London and after being banned by the unions it was sold to Northern General who were the only provincial operator of Routemasters. All of Northern Generals Routemasters were built more or less to the same specification as RMF1254 except they had Leyland O.600 9.8 litre engines. When…