East London's 15100 Scania Omnidekka has recently gained RM1527's registration from Trident 17879. It is displayed for contrast alongside pre-war RT113 (FXT288). Unexpectedly, Stagecoach/Macquarie's first Trident (TA1) also showed up and was parked alongside the RT with another late entry, an Ensignbus RMC.

Arriving and making its debut at SHOWBUS, is 1939 London Transport Leyland Cub REC, CR16 (FXT122). The diminutive 20 seater is dwarfed by Motts Volvo/Jonckheere, R50MTT, serving again at Parking Reception.

CR16 is seen a little later on display in the rally field, where it attracted a lot of attention. The body was built at London Transport's Chiswick works as one of a batch of 49 vehicles and CR16 was allocated to Windsor garage and was later exported to Cyprus. A member of the armed forces found her in neglected condition in 1979 and had the little bus flown home.

An impressive trio of London Titans: T6, T1101 & T896.

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