Taking a break - RM2076 (ALM76B) seen on Route 29 Enfield turnaround - Gary Morris is the conductor, driver anyone?

End of the road for Route 29 - RM2076 (ALM76B) seen on Route 29 Enfield turnaround, with crew taking a break
One of a series of pictures I took in the dying days of Routemasters on Route 29. A nice long-distance Routemaster route. In the 1980s, the route ran as follows: VICTORIA STATION - Westminster - Trafalgar Square - Charing Cross Road - Tottenham Court Road - Camden Town - Holloway - Finsbury Park - Manor House - Green Lanes - Turnpike Lane Stn - Wood Green - Palmers Green - Winchmore Hill - ENFIELD TOWN Palace Gardens.

More on Route 29 here: www.londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/current/029.html

One of only a few RMs to have and retain the off-side illuminated advert. Note also the cream band - the Routemaster was painted up in 1987 as a garage showbus. RM2076 didn't have long to run in London when this shot was taken, as it had a non-standard Leyland engine - so went for scrap in late 1989.

Bus History
RM2076 (ALM 76B)
11/64 new to Aldenham with AEC engine
12/64 into service at N (Norwood) on Routes 3, 137
65-67 based at N
3/68 N to Aldenham repaint, and return
1/82 still with AEC engine
from last bodyswap with B1976, fitted with a Leyland engine
5/89 withdrawn from service at HT (Holloway)
1/90 sold to PVS (Carlton): scrapped

More on the RMs here: www.countrybus.org/RM/RM.html
Thanks to Ian's Bus Stop for the above information.

Taken with a Nikon F-501 SLR and 75-200mm zoom lens [Scanned from an original slide with no digital restoration]

You can see a random selection of my bus photographs here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/southallroutemaster/random/

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Chase Side (show map)

Taken on: November 4, 1988

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