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[email protected] · December 22nd 11, 10:42 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Recliner) wrote:

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On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:48 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
lid (Paul Cummins) wrote:
We were about to embark at Dover, when d ()
came up to me and whispered:

180hp is enough to power a double decker albeit slowly.

The original RT was 97bHp IIRC?

Don't know , but RTs were quite a few tons lighter than modern
bloated buses.

You're not kidding: I believe the RT and RM weighed less than 8
tonnes, whereas the Boris Bus weighs almost 18 tonnes. No wonder it
needs more engine power!

Whaaaaat! Even a bendy is only 16 tonnes and a standard double decker around
12. RMs were 7 tons, 10 cwt, IIRC. RTs were about the same but i can't
remember of they were more or less. The only figures I can find in my old
ABCs is that a fully loaded Routemaster was 11.5 tons while a loaded RT was
11.25.

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Colin Rosenstiel