BusTalk

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

(SEE PREVIOUS PHOTOS)

Corona & Stutell, 1973*.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?157310

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

*(Look closely, and you will see the "trafficator" (turn signal) ears just below the lower area of the upper deck at front)..........

["15 CAMDEN TOWN"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Now wondering.......

After the "RT" finished its stint with "Aitch & Aitch" back in the early 1970s, I wonder if the bus was sent back to England (was it preserved? Sold? Scrapped?}

Or, was it "picked up" by an American buyer, for some sort of further use?

"NYO"

["75A MODERN STN'}

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

This interesting photo dates to the early 1970s (if I am correct); photo was taken at 1st Avenue/United Nations.

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156391

(courtesy; nycsubway.org)

Here we see ANOTHER "RT" ("RTL"), this bus being used for SARDI'S, but still retaining its original London Transport lettering.

Note, also, that the bus is still using its original open rear platform (also note the 4106 parked just behind); also, note the "BOAC" reading on the side roller curtain.

As with the H&H "RT" seen in the previous photos, I wonder what the ultimate disposition of this bus was (and long it remained in "Noo Yawk".......

"NYO"

["45 HACKNEY VIA EMBANKMENT"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Also......

Recall the photo in "NEW YORK TRANSIT MEMORIES" (Harold A. Smith) showing "Queen Mary"#2124, then owned by the Washington Square Inn (how long was this bus owned by them?)

Photo was snapped in 1967 at 145th Street & Lenox, with one of the last IRT kiosks in view.

#2124 was running a fan excursion, when this nostalgic photo was taken, nearly 60 years ago..........

"NYO"

["2124"]

[NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629]

Cherry & Rutgers, 1972; indeed QUITE a sharp contrast between the stalwart old ex-LT "RT" and the Fishbowls of "The Little Red Bus That Could" (the damp, gloomy weather seems QUITE appropriate for a vintage London double-decker!)

The "trafficator" turn-signal ears of the "RT" are quite prominent here.......

https://www.nycsubway.org.perl/show?157309

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["345 HAMMERSMITH"]