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Old June 29th 05, 01:38 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Robert Woolley Robert Woolley is offline
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Default Heritage Routemaster routes announced

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:58:24 +0100, Clive
wrote:

In message , Robert Woolley
writes
RMs are pretty much museum pieces for modern operation.

Sorry, but as a Bristol bus driver in the 70s with crash boxes and
manual steering, I'd say they were very advanced for their age.

Yep.

Advanced for the 1950s.

A modern vehicle (e.g. most recent London Buses) tends to be a far
easier drive and is more advanced. Technology has come a long way in
50 years.

Rob.
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