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Details: I was going to add a recently-received photo of 1993F at Enfield but then I found this. 1992F is the only one of the four Ford D1010 uniform issue units not previously shown on LTSV and this photo was taken in Euston Bus Station in 1987. The role lettering beneath the LT fleetname had been removed but the vehicles were still in use and it was presumably parked here for the benefit of the staff at the nearby Underground station. The lorries actually lasted until spring 1993, by which time they were the last D-series lorries in the fleet. Their replacements were Carrymaster trailers with similarly tall bodywork. It is perhaps a shame that none of the Fords were repainted in the post-1990 white/blue livery. The bus in the background is interesting. At this time, central London bus routes that served tourist hotspots were being treated to yellow waist bands. Most of the routes were still operated by Routemasters, where the existing white band was simply repainted yellow. Route 188 was included as it gave access to Greenwich, but it was operated by Leyland Titan buses, which had not previously had waist bands. The result was quite attractive, and foreshadowed the later application of white bands (and grey skirts) in the new LBL livery.

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