2087

RCN 687

3071


Body number 49980

Seen in happier times leaving a busy Worswick Street bus station in Newcastle operating service 40 to Hartlepool.

Delivered new as 2087 in April 1964 and allocated to Bensham depot

Transferred to Sunderland depot in 1965

Repainted into standard NGT livery in 1967

Repainted again into standard NGT livery in 1969

Recertified in January 1971

Repainted into NBC poppy red livery in June 1973

Renumbered to 3071 in January 1975.

In August 1975 this was one of two Routemasters to receive a less striking version of the Newcastle PTE yellow livery

Repainted back into NBC poppy red livery in May 1977

This vehicle was one of those purchased by London Transport in December 1979, it was given the stock number RMF 2768. The bus was stored at Victoria Docks with a variety of withdrawn vehicles.

It was transferred to Aldenham Works in February 1980. No use was ever found for it, so after removing various compatible parts, it was eventually sold to Wombwell Diesels of Barnsley for scrap in October 1981.

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