All New Routemaster/LCBS Quiz(complete)

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i). What VERY minor but noticeable difference did CRL4 possess when viewed from the front? (It appears to have gone when re-classified RMC4.)
ii). What happened to RML3 in January 59 and where?
iii). What disappeared from the sides of Routemasters in Oct 64?
iv) What can you tell me specially about RMs 341 and 398?
v). Which type of former London Transport bus last operated in passenger service on 31.7.70?
vi) Which type of former L.T. bus last operated in passenger service with LCBS in January 79?
vii) Which were the last three LCBS garages to have crew-operation?
viii) Which Country Area garage (pre-LCBS) never saw a Country Area bus, as such (and I choose my words carefully!)

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Mr Highbayman
Perhaps a bit of clarification is necessary

2) OK, it was in the Edgware Road somewhere
3) No. Perhaps I should have said it was no longer applied as from Oct 64 (no longer necessary)
4) Correct
5) Correct

8) By 'never saw a Country Area bus', it never had any Country route(s) allocated and no buses as far as I know ever passed the garage.

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Can you revisit Q 1 please, are any of my suggestions close.? It wasn't one of those kerb guide things that were fitted to the HT RM's for a while was it?

3) "Routemaster" from above the stock Number?

8) Was this Tunbridge Wells that only had Green Line coaches?

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1. No - check below the radiator grille. It was quite noticeable but as I say very minor.
3. correct
8. correct

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OK had magnifying glass out and all I can see is a silver looking bolt between the SLT and the 59, is that it?

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So far then
1) Bolt between SLT and 59 on No plate?
2) It hit a lorry in Willesden
3) Routemaster above stocjk number
4) they had the running units from the test rigs
5) RLH
6) Don't know but was not RT
7) Tricky one this, various references give different garages, but last RML's ran at Chesham, Windsor Swanley
8) Tunbridge Wells

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1. Correct - a bolt or painted mark.
6. RCLs
7. last three were WindsoR (May 80), ChelshaM (Aug 80) and Swanley (Mar 81)