Routemaster - 60th Celebration
The
60th Anniversary of the release of the Routemaster (at the 1954 Commercial Motor
Show) was held at Finsbury Park, London on the 12th & 13th of
July 2014. Brian
Burgess has kindly sent in a selection of his images with accompanying text that
I'm pleased to present below: |
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Routemaster's 60th anniversary rally at Finsbury Park in July 2014 |
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RMs #1, #2 & #3 are the first in the line-up. |
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RMs #1, #2 & #3 are the first in the line-up. |
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RMs #2 & #3. |
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The FRM with its doors open that shows the modification of the entry step arrangement from the original design. |
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RML 2620 was new in May 1967; withdrawn in March 2004 and purchased for preservation. |
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KGJ 601D (Body # B54293) the first BEA Routemaster; new at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; alright October 1966. |
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RMC 1485 (RM Coach having rear platform doors). |
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RML 2344 new in October 1965 and withdrawn in October 2005. |
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Once a double-decker, RML2284 (CUV 284C) was new to Aldenham in August '65 and used for driver training; then finally into service at Willesden in October '66. In 2004 it was acquired by a private buyer and converted to a single deck, painted Lincoln Green and used as a mobile workshop. |
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Also originally a double-decker, RM1368 (368CLT) was new in December '62. Two years after the upper deck was destroyed in a garage fire, LT converted it to a single-decker and used it as an experimental vehicle at Chiswick. It was sold in August 1990 and preserved. |
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RML 2663 (SMK 633F) was new in July 1967 and withdrawn in September 2004. Exported to Dusseldorf, it is now used for entertainments (see more images here). |
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One of the 22 RML's leased to Kentish Bus by London Transport in 1992. |
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RML 2699 (SMK 699F) was new in June 1967 and withdrawn in March 2004 and privately preserved since. |
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The RM's maker's plate; always to the left of the staircase on every Routemaster except two of the prototypes. |
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The RM's staircase. |
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RMs as far as the eye can see. |