Truck & Bus Forum - open top AEC RT

http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery/673...op-aec-rt-bus/

Still in the UK registration database.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/solenteer/5486733016/

http://www.busweb.co.uk/aecbus/rt-pi...rnsey_1994.jpg

Many more images available - search on RT2494 or KXW 123.

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RT2494 KXW 123 1/50 new, body 5373: Weymann 3RT8
1/50 G into service (Forest Gate)
1/57 SV used on 392A (Stevenage)
3/57 SV into store..
3/57 NX ..change store (New Cross)
9/57 GF transfer (Guildford)..
9/57 WR ..transfer (Windsor)
10/57 NX transfer into store
2/58 TC transfer (Croydon), then to Aldenham overhaul
2/58 BN from o/h (Brixton)
59-61 BN
3/62 BN to Aldenham overhaul
------ Aldenham works float ------
6/63 J from o/h (Holloway)
11/63 AL transfer (Merton)
64-7 AL
3/68 AL to Aldenham overhaul
3/68 EW from o/h (Edgware), Weymann body 7126, 3RT8
1969 EW
6/70 U transfer (Upton Park)
71-2 U
3/73 U into store, CoF expiry
7/73 BK change store (Barking)..
7/73 U ..and out, recertificated
3/74 BK transfer
6/74 BK into store, CoF expiry
8/74 U ..and out, recertificated
4/75 U into store, and out again
6/75 U into store, and out again
7/75 U into store, CoF expiry
10/75 U ..and out, recertificated
2/76 BX transfer (Bexleyheath)
8/76 BX into store
2/77 bought by Lesney Products, London E9: orange/red/yellow/white
1/83 sold to London Bus Preservation Group (Cobham)
2388 */87 bought by Guernseybus, St Peter Port, Guernsey:
8/87 converted to open-top
8/87 into service, white
8/88 in service, Guernseybus #14
11/94 with Guernseybus
*/00 repatriated to UK by Mike Nash (Weybridge)
9/01 bought for preservation, Peter Cruise, Fulham
KXW 123 4/03 at Cobham Museum Open Day
9/06 at Dorking Running Day
10/06 at Cobham Hibernation Day
5/07 at Potters Bar Running Day
9/07 at Dorking Running Day
2008 preserved, in store: Peter Cruise

From:- http://www.countrybus.org/RT/RTa24.htm#fleet

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Former London Transport RT class Regent IIIs were be found running the summer open-top service on the channel island of Guernsey up to 2000. Number 14, originally RT2494 (KXW 123), was seen at work in the 1994 season. With the demise of Guernseybus, the three open-top Regents plus an unused closed top model and a brace of open-top Leyland PS1 Tigers all went to dealer Nash of Weybridge for preservation or resale. RT2494 is now privately preserved in Guernseybus livery.

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Another of the Guernseybus trio of open-top Regents passed to Blue Triangle and subsequently to the London Bus Company heritage operation when Blue Triangle was sold to Go-ahead. It was seen near Great Dunmow in 2006 on a Blue Triangle summer Sunday operation.

From:- http://www.busweb.co.uk/aecbus/regent.htm

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