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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Apr 25, 2020 12:46:54 GMT
Did you ever take a 109 from TSQ to Croydon? That's a journey I'd have loved to have taken. Only ever did Brixton to Croydon in those days - would of loved to have done a L journey from Trafalgar Square to Purley. Admittedly route 109 was replaced by route 59 south of Croydon in 1985 and converted to opo in 1987, but would still have been a good ride from Trafalgar Square to Purley. Sorry wirewiper I see you covered these and subsequent changes in more detail. |
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Post by hangerlane on Apr 25, 2020 17:34:16 GMT
I don't know about the RT, but I have read in several places the RMs were rebuilt every six years or so.... Yes, the RMs were supposed to be rebuilt at Aldenham works, which is why some didn't keep their original chassis and body as they got 'swapped' at rebuild time. Once Aldenham closed the practice stopped and eventually RM(L) reliability plummeted until the major refurbishment of the RML stock took place when modern lighting etc was introduced. A bit late, maybe, but could i point out that the RT had a conventional chassis. On overhaul the road fund license was removed, and the body removed from the chassis. Each was then separately overhauled. At the other end of the works a body was refitted onto a chassis, which usually was not the chassis it came in with. The vehicle was then given the identity of a vehicle which had just arrived. The bus would then be sent out, and so a particular number RT would go in and frequently another bus with the same number would go into service the same day. The RM was not built the same way. The body was fitted to two subframes. On overhaul the two subframes would be removed, and the body and subframes overhauled. Then three units were reassembled, again with another identity. This explains hy some of the low numbered (below ~RM220 or so, which were built with non-opening front windows had them in later days, and obviously some higher numbered ones got non-opening windows. |
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