Talk:AEC Regent III RT

And for what does RT stand for? Considering that the predecessor was the .. RM (RM for Route Master)! 91.14.62.189 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:44, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Catford
Catford had on its books a former 47 route RT well into the eighties and I believe if memory serves me right it was moved to Bromley Common garage at some point mainly to be used for private hire but still maintained by LT which means the reference to the last in service on the Barking run is incorrect and should be clarified to say "Last RT on a regular route" perhaps?

Have mixed feelings about the 410's back in the day, you really really had to kinda read something or just not look out the window or if you were on the lower deck not look at the driver fighting the insanely tight corners on the descent from Biggin Hill to Westerham. Often you would see the driver yank hard on the handbrake and you could hear them swearing profusely as the road simply was unsuitable for such aged vehicles and often you would see puffs of smoke whipping out from the wheels as the brake linings were toasted. The return was equally fraught as the wheezy things would struggle up that very steep hill and the honking and gestures from the tailback behind the crawling bus were comedic at least and usually the driver would have a bright red face fuming from it all.

Route 94 before it became 261, had on one of its RT's the "singing clippie" as he was known, he would croon to the passengers all the old music hall songs, he had stayed on way way past his retirement as no one had the heart to tell him to stop turning up for work. He was positively ancient but spry and he was always treated with respect by us schoolkids. He disappeared when the routemasters arrived.

92.25.9.56 (talk) 12:36, 17 January 2024 (UTC)