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History When Melissa and I came across RLH 69 and her two siblings RLH 71 and the first ever Red RLH,
WHAT IS AN RLH (Double Decker bus) RLH 69 is one of only 76 of her kind. The 76 RLH’s (Regent Low Height) were specifically In 1953 London transport had all 76 RLH’s working routes full time. This was the heyday of the RLH and not since then have there been that
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RLH 53, we knew little about the refurbishment of London Double Decker buses nor did we have experience in maintaining Double Decker buses. {See story written about the buses prior to us finding them 
designed a full foot shorter than their counter parts to manage the lower bridge routes in and around London England. Initially London transport ordered 20 RLH’s for delivery in 1950 and to be used on country routes (these original routes may have been considered “country” in 1950 but the routes the original 20 buses ran would now be called part of greater London. The buses did such a superb job of managing the routes that an additional 56 were ordered for delivery in 1952. The country buses were painted green while the London city bus routes had their buses painted the more recognized red that everyone associates with the double Decker Buses from London England. The first RLH to be painted red was RLH 53 with RLH 54 through 76 immediately following suit. RLH 53 and 71 are also owned by us and are awaiting a restoration similar to RLH 69’s transformation.
many RLH double Decker buses running anywhere in the world. It is believed that only 26 RLH’s of the original 76 are still in existence with less than six having been restored. Four of which are in the UK. The missing 50 RLH’s have been scrapped, crushed, used for parts or otherwise destroyed.
