EFE E41901 AEC Routemaster RMC1502 LCBS Green Line Route 370 Tilbury Ferry

EFE E41901 AEC Routemaster RMC1502 LCBS Green Line Route 370 Tilbury Ferry

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: E41901

Manufacturer Number: E41901
Condition: New
Category: Models, Buses
Brand: EFE
Range: EFE 2024
Era: 1970s
Livery: LCBS Green Line
Construction: Diecast Model
Scale: 1:76
Gauge: OO
Model of Bus: AEC Routemaster

£40.45

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Development of the Routemaster bus started back in 1947, with design by London Transport (LT), and construction being undertaken at LT#s Chiswick Works, assisted by Park Royal Vehicles, and using mechanical units provided by sister company AEC. The prototype emerged in 1954, and the first production examples entered service in 1959. From then until 1968, some 2,876 Routemasters of varying types and were constructed.

The RMCs were introduced in 1962 to work on London Transport#s Green Line cross-London and suburban services. They were a direct development of the standard RM, and while visually very similar, they differed in having twin headlamps, electrically operated platform doors, more comfortable seats with increased legroom, and the addition of luggage racks. A higher rear axle ratio, rear air suspension, and increased fuel capacity also set the RMCs apart from the RMs.

A total of 68 were built, seeing service with Green Line and later London Country, before all were bought back by London Transport. Many ended up as driver trainers, but seven were reinstated as passenger carriers in 1989 for the new X15 route; the latter remaining in traffic until the early 1990s, although some continued in use well into the 2000s.

This model depicts RMC1502 (registration 502CLT), which entered Green Line service at Garston Garage in November 1962, working Route 719. It was rebodied five years later and reallocated to Grays Garage, and in January 1970 transferred to London Country Bus Services. Our model represents the bus during this period, working on Route 370 to Tilbury Ferry.

After spells at Dartford and Hemel Hempstead, it was bought back by London Transport in early 1979 to serve as a driver trainer, being repainted into LT red in 1985. It was withdrawn from New Cross in December 1987 and scrapped the following year.

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

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