RT4317 was a welcome late entrant to the static display. This last worked from Palmers Green garage and displayed north London route 102.
Photo © Graham Walker
RM357 was kindly provided to cover for an unserviceable bus. However, on the day, air problems meant that it was unable to work in service.
Photo © Issy Barrington
The sightseeing buses, such as RFW14, were (despite their green livery) mainly based at Central Area garages. The elegant and spacious RFW class were, in mechanical terms, 8 ft wide RFs, but their Eastern Coach Works bodies were very different from the Metro-Cammell product and very distinctive.
Photo © John Hussey
Green Line RF280 was demoted to bus work in 1965 and its side route board brackets removed - the fixing points can still be seen. The bus attended as a support vehicle for RF453.
Photo © Ian Kirby
A summation. RT4317, doorless RF395, former Green Line RF280, 'Uxbridge' RF406, RML2735.
Photo © James Bunting
