On Jun 25, 10:41 pm, Charles Ellson 
wrote:

> RTs were AEC Regents, RTLs were the Leyland-built version;

Which at first read meant nothing to me ...

> According to:-http://www.countrybus.org.uk/RT/RT4_3.htm


But having looked this up and followed various links I thought those
things *were* Routemasters. And I now read there were only 2500 or so
RMs - I thought there were 10000 RMs - possibly counting these RT
things as I was under the impression the RM was the trolleybus
replacement diesel bus. Seems trolleybuses in London went before I
thought they did - my knowledge of such things possibly polluted by
remembering well Bournemouth trollies.

This comes from never being directly interested in all buses
everywhere - I knew various Bristol/ECW stuff as thats what worked
around home, and then worked for the same outfit as an NBC engineering
trainee then engineer. I know what Atlanteans and Fleetlines are as we
had a few of both as well as VRTs, likewise Panthers as well as REs,
but IIRC we did not have a single AEC in the fleet (apart from a
recovery truck, a Matador with a Gardner re-engine!).

--
Nick