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Worcester Park Running Day 2008
The 1948 show
As is well shown by Alan Cross's
photos, 1948 was a year of amazing diversity in the buses
working in London. Pre-war buses, many now in poor condition,
carried on beside the few built in war-time and the first of
the post-war fleet that was to sweep them away in a few
years. We were privileged to be able to show so many buses
from this period.
![200 Q 200 Q](/images/q83_200_dheath_t.jpg)
Side-engined Q83, dating from
1935, ran on route 200, which was
Q-operated from 1936 to 1952.
Photo © Dave Heath
![Leaning-back STL Leaning-back STL](/images/stl441_malden2_blear_t.jpg)
Cobham's 1934 STL441 passes
through Malden on the 32.
Photo © Bob Lear
![Behind you, Peter! Behind you, Peter!](/images/d130_djones_t.jpg)
The utility Daimler as one of the special batch
of low-bridge buses delivered to Merton for the 127 in 1944-5.
Photo © Derek Jones
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![Back on the 213 Back on the 213](/images/t31_ncheam_rford_at.jpg)
Some of the oldest buses in the fleet in 1948
were the 1929 early T-types, kept in operation because of weight
restrictions elsewhere on the network. T31 worked the
213 after the war (see photo), and was back 59 years later.
Photo © Roger Ford
![The assault on Stonecot Hill The assault on Stonecot Hill](/images/stl2377_156_mwills_t.jpg)
STL2377 recreated circular route 156, and here heads out of North Cheam towards
The Woodstock.
Photo © Martin Wills
![Wartime garb Wartime garb](/images/rt113_epsomcoaches_cstanley_t.jpg)
Along with a number of buses on the 93, RT113 ran out from Epsom Coaches in
Ewell.
Photo © Chris Stanley
![15th century pub, 20th century bus 15th century pub, 20th century bus](/images/rt190_oldmalden_rthomas_t.jpg)
RT190 makes it into the 1948
show as one of the first batch of post-war RTs, delivered in 1948
to work in north-east London. The type did not work in our
area until a year or so later.
Photo © Richard Thomas
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