Whilst EFE has made models of most of the RF variants over the years, the private hire RF has not featured. The first 25 RFs not only had partial glazing in the roof coves, they were only 27ft 6in long against the 30ft of the other 675 buses. RF4 (LUC204) is preserved in the distictive livery these buses had, which they shared later with the RFW, ECW 8 ft wide bodied Regal IVs.
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Another RF variant was the one and a half deck fleet operated on behalf of British European Airways between Heathrow Airport and the West London Air Terminal. The vehicle had large luggage accommodation beneath the rear raised seating area. In 1966 the Regals were replaced by the "BEA" Routemasters with their luggage trailers. MLL740 is owned by Don Allmey who these days spends a lot of his time in Cyprus, hence the destination.
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RML2334 (CUV334C) arriving at SHOWBUS. The blinds are set for the 407, the first east-west route across Slough. Thames Valley operated on the west and London Transport on the east. The 407 operated from Cippenham to Langley and Thames Valley operated the 69 from Langley to Maidenhead. These days Slough services are all in the hands of Thames Valley's successor: First Beeline/Berkshire.
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Recently restored Ailsa A3 (A103SUU) was one of three Alexander bodied Ailsas trialled for London service. A3 dissered from the other two by having a rear exit and twin stair cases. The Ailsas were trialled alongside similar numbers of Metrobus Mark IIs, Leyland Olympians and Dennis Dominators.
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Courtesy of the East London Group both their preserved Leyland Titan, T1 (THX101S) and the first Trident for the East London fleet, TA1 (S801BWC) were able to be displayed side by side.
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