1952 Leyland Titan PD2 RTL1481

1952 Leyland Titan PD2 in The Wrong Arm of the Law, Movie, 1963

Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Sunbar ◊ 2006-09-22 13:19	Not AEC but a Leyland chassis by the radiator.
Maruti800 ◊ 2006-09-22 13:45	Leyland Titan Double decker
Sunbar ◊ 2006-09-22 13:47	Registration number looks to be OLD 530... (although 'OLD 580' or 'OLD 590' is possible - not too clear) SteveA possibly will have more details? -- Last edit: 2006-09-22 13:50:16
Maruti800 ◊ 2006-09-22 13:52	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_Titan
SteveA ◊ 2006-09-22 18:31	If you're happy that it's OLD, then OLD530 was RT4744, OLD580 was RT4816, OLD590 was RTL1481. This is clearly an RTL! Additionally in 1962/3 route 25 was allocated all RTLs. So my money would be on RTL1481 (OLD590)
Sunbar ◊ 2006-09-22 20:12	Thanks Steve, 'OLD 590' it is. edit: thumbnail added. 'OLD 590' was actually as I read it first.. I then thought it possibly looked more like 'OLD 530' -- Last edit: 2008-01-14 16:34:36
Maruti800 ◊ 2006-09-22 20:25	I am bit confused here. weren't RTL actually Titans. specially ordered by London Transport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTL_%28bus%29
stronghold ◊ 2008-08-23 07:39
twoslices ◊ 2008-10-28 22:59	The last route to have RTL's out of Bow garage.They were withdrawn sadly in 1968