I was employed by London Transport (The Board) driving Routemasters on the No.9 route from Mortlake Garage to Liverpool Street. High Bay Man explains it very well that the Routemaster didn’t have a pre select gearbox; that belonged to the RT. The RMs automatic gearbox was a dream. You could move off in first gear by selecting first gear or second by selecting second gear but third gear would not operate under 15 mph and fourth gear was the automatic position which automatically moved off in second gear. Happy days.
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