497ALH is an AEC Reliance/Willowbrook and was one of three London Transport's small experiment to investigate whether dual door layouts were suitable on rural routes. Brutonian ran it in the old Chesterfield green paint for years before it was repainted in 82 and brought it back into service, transforming it from the tatty green.

London Transport Country Area green RW3, 497ALH, a 1960 AEC Reliance / Willowbrook, one man operated, seen outside its home garage. This vehicle was sold to Chesterfield Corporation in 1963 and lasted there until 1977 in green livery.

London Transport RW3. As a follow on from the previous photograph showing the newly built and installed rear roof box , here is the interior view of it , also constructed from photographs and diagrams of the interior of the RW type when new with LT in …

497ALH is an AEC Reliance/Willowbrook and was one of three London Transport's small experiment to investigate whether dual door layouts were suitable on rural routes. Brutonian ran it in the old Chesterfield green paint for years before it was repainted in 82 and brought it back into service, transforming it from the tatty green.

London Transport 1960 AEC Reliance 2MU2RA Willowbrook B42D 497 ALH, AEC Reliance 2MU2RA with Willowbrook B42D body, dates from 1960. She is, of course, better known as seen here in London Transport’s RW3 guise, although she spent some time with other operators – notably Chesterfield with her two sisters.

London Transport Country Area green RW3, 497ALH, a 1960 AEC Reliance / Willowbrook, one man operated, seen outside its home garage. This vehicle was sold to Chesterfield Corporation in 1963 and lasted there until 1977 in green livery.

Research completed in August 2010 by Paul Welling, Michael Wadman and Ian Trotter. This is the first of four parts with Vehicle Pictures and History Documents covering the three different owners of Brutonian Bus Company. The names under the pictures own the copyright.

London Transport RW3 (497ALH), 1960 AEC Reliance 2MU3RA3101, Willowbrook B42D taken at Wisley on April 29th 2012. (Mark Pitman)

B/W print; Three-quarter rear offside view of RW-type bus no RW3, registration no 497ALH by H K Nolan, 7 Nov 1960

497ALH is an AEC Reliance/Willowbrook and was one of three London Transport's small experiment to investigate whether dual door layouts were suitable on rural routes. Brutonian ran it in the old Chesterfield green paint for years before it was repainted in 82 and brought it back into service, transforming it from the tatty green.