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RLH 71

May 2008
Restoration nearly completed in Oregon

March 2007 (centre)
Sold, along with RLH 69 and 71. About to be moved to Oregon.
Photo by M. Walton

May 2005
same location as below (with RLH 69 and 53)
Photo by, and used with permission of, Bob Martin

October 2001
Murrieta, California, USA (with RLH 69 and 53)

Photo by David Humphrey

October 2001
Murrieta, California, USA

Photo by David Humphrey

October 2001
Murrieta, California, USA

Photo by David Humphrey

North County Times Newspaper article from 2001 about RLH 53,69 and 71 in Murrieta (link last updated 2005-01-19)

November 1998
Murrieta, California, USA (with RLH 53 and 69)

Photo © E. Pring

Summer 1969
on route 248, passing under Low bridge on St.Mary's Lane, Cranham
Photo courtesy of and copyright Gordon Muir

RLH 71 (registration MXX 271) was always a Central area red bus, and during its LT career of nearly 20 years, served at all 4 of the Central area garages which operated RLHs.
According to the official LT record, it was allocated new to Merton on the 11.12.52. It was first overhauled between 13.9.56 and 1.11.56. It was re-allocated to Harrow Weald from 20.8.58, and overhauled twice whilst working from that base (from 16.6.61 to 1.9.61 and 28.10.65 to 16.12.65). Another change of garage on 1.3.66 took it to Hornchurch, when the photo above was taken. After being stored out of use from 19.9.70 to 1.2.71, it enjoyed a final two month run from Dalston.
The bus was withdrawn on 17.4.71. It was exported (perhaps with the non-authentic route 11 blinds in the apertures) to a museum 'the Hill Country Wagons to Wings Collection', Morgan Hill, California, USA in January 1972 along with RLH 53 and RLH 69 (ever since then, those three buses have stayed together).
In November 1993, it was sold at auction to a gentleman who wished to use them on a proposed tour of the Murrieta Temecula valley. The tour did not go ahead and the buses remained in a back yard for nearly 15 years (see above photos). They retain their original paper interior advertisements and are, in general, perhaps the least modified RLHs in the USA.

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May 2008 Restoration nearly completed in Oregon
	March 2007 (centre) Sold, along with RLH 69 and 71. About to be moved to Oregon. Photo by M. Walton
	May 2005 same location as below (with RLH 69 and 53) Photo by, and used with permission of, Bob Martin
	October 2001 Murrieta, California, USA (with RLH 69 and 53)
Photo by David Humphrey
	October 2001 Murrieta, California, USA
Photo by David Humphrey
	October 2001 Murrieta, California, USA
Photo by David Humphrey
North County Times Newspaper article from 2001 about RLH 53,69 and 71 in Murrieta (link last updated 2005-01-19)
	November 1998 Murrieta, California, USA (with RLH 53 and 69)
Photo © E. Pring
	Summer 1969 on route 248, passing under Low bridge on St.Mary's Lane, Cranham Photo courtesy of and copyright Gordon Muir
RLH 71 (registration MXX 271) was always a Central area red bus, and during its LT career of nearly 20 years, served at all 4 of the Central area garages which operated RLHs. According to the official LT record, it was allocated new to Merton on the 11.12.52. It was first overhauled between 13.9.56 and 1.11.56. It was re-allocated to Harrow Weald from 20.8.58, and overhauled twice whilst working from that base (from 16.6.61 to 1.9.61 and 28.10.65 to 16.12.65). Another change of garage on 1.3.66 took it to Hornchurch, when the photo above was taken. After being stored out of use from 19.9.70 to 1.2.71, it enjoyed a final two month run from Dalston. The bus was withdrawn on 17.4.71. It was exported (perhaps with the non-authentic route 11 blinds in the apertures) to a museum 'the Hill Country Wagons to Wings Collection', Morgan Hill, California, USA in January 1972 along with RLH 53 and RLH 69 (ever since then, those three buses have stayed together). In November 1993, it was sold at auction to a gentleman who wished to use them on a proposed tour of the Murrieta Temecula valley. The tour did not go ahead and the buses remained in a back yard for nearly 15 years (see above photos). They retain their original paper interior advertisements and are, in general, perhaps the least modified RLHs in the USA.