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1961 AEC Routemaster RM982 
Ep. 2005Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2023-02-24 20:33 |
I'm not getting any plate results but I suppose it was identified by plate. |
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◊ 2023-02-24 20:46 |
It's a Scottish plate (NYS/NVS 504??). Someone else will know if Scotland/Glasgow region ever got brand new Routemasters in period. But we did get some old knackered ones when LT sold them on - see these Corgi sets - so maybe this is one, repainted and re-reg'd, but now moved back south and given another identity down there, perhaps regaining its original plate?? |
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◊ 2023-02-25 00:50 |
NVS 504 is a black 1961 Austin. Maybe someone took the year from there but that's not this bus. |
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◊ 2023-02-25 01:02 |
NVS was not issued in period (xVS was Greenock, but ended with EVS in 1964) so likely a DVLA retro-series, and these can sometimes float and be officially reassigned. NYS was Glasgow, Feb-March 55. |
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◊ 2023-03-24 02:00 |
This is RM982 (WLT 982), which was indeed new in 1961, and is seen here with East Yorkshire Motor Services bearing the fleet number 804. I assume the plate was a fake put on for filming. Routemasters were only ever sold new to LT. |
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◊ 2023-03-24 08:42 |
Northern Routemasters From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository The Northern Routemasters were a batch of 50 front entrance Routemasters buses built in 1964/5, for the Northern General Transport Company (trading simply as 'Northern'). Fitted with with a worm drive to the rear axle, they were to be used on their faster cross country routes. They are also known as the RMF class, being based on the design of the prototype front entrance Routemaster bus built for London Transport, numbered RMF1254 (which was sold to Northern in 1966, taking the fleet total to 51). Also, 16 of the buses were later bought by LT and given RMF prefixed fleetnumbers, but only 4 were used in service. -- Last edit: 2023-03-24 08:43:16 |
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◊ 2023-03-24 20:53 |
I stand corrected! |
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◊ 2023-03-24 21:26 |
I wouldn’t worry about it! They weren’t normal RMs, but one would have thought that AEC could have made a few more non-LT sales, perhaps the quality of the product made it too expensive. |
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