After Deregulation it seemed everyone in the business found an excuse to buy some iconic Routemasters. I think Manchester bought eight with Leyland engines but London Transport was not happy that they blatantly ran them in the same red and with a similar LT roundel. One has to admit former RM 1136 does looked rather smart as it headed towards West Didsbury. This is not the first time they operated them in the city as in the Sixties RM1414 was loaned for evaluation, but it was probably just out of curiousity as by then the future was already accepted to be rear-engined.
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