Epping Onger Railway ~ Routemasters

The Essex-based Epping Ongar Railway held an event on Sunday celebrating the 70th anniversary of the first appearance of London Transport's Routemaster bus



Dan High attended and provided a large number of photos of participating vehicles which provided me with the inevitable task of deciding which ones to publish. However, the first shows four double-deckers RM1979 ALD979B, RM2217 CUV217C, RMC1507 507CLT and RML 2331 CUV331C



Next up is RML902 WLT 902 which was new in early 1962. During the following year it visited Munich and Zurich and later a tour of the USA. It is shown in its experimental Green Line livery.



Our third photo is of RM835 WLT 835 which entered service in July 1961 at Stamford Hill. It was acquired by Clydeside Scottish in September 1986 and appears in their colours. It is now preserved by the Clydeside Preservation Group of Brentwood



RMC1453 453 CLT was new to Aldenham garage in June 1962 and was used in many LT publicity photos. It received a paint into red in November 1980 and subsequently reverted to 1960's Green Line livery in September 2013.



Our final photo features RM1933 ALD 933B, another Routemaster new to the Aldenham garage but in June 1964. In 1983 it received a 1933 livery of red/white/black/silver. It was taken out of service three years later and in August of that year it was bought by Kelvin Scottish.

My thanks to Dan for the significant number of photos. The relevant individual histories were taken from the excellent Iain's Bus Stop website

Roy