Sunday 2nd September 2001

Realising that there hadn't been much by way of new content on Southbus for a while and abandoning plans for an ascent of Box Hill, I decided to visit the Dorking Classic Bus Running Day. Being to cheap to fork out for the £4 programme, I satisfied myself by photographing the collection of vehicles gathered outside Dorking Town Hall.

The event was organised by Country Bus Rallies.

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	GS1, one of several GS class vehicles seen in Dorking
	RF4 was originally used for sightseeing duties and had additional windows in the roof.
	RF679
	RF633 showing blinds for route 433
	The rear of RF633 showing the classic three window design - the centre window forms an emergency exit.
	Red liveried RF366, one of several examples present
	RT2083 at the rear of Dorking Town Hall
	RT3491 showing blinds for Green Line route 714, which once ran between Luton and Dorking
	A number of country RTs were painted into NBC leaf green livery, as worn by RT604
	Routemaster Coach  RMC1476 (476CLT), also in NBC livery
	Green Line RF213 (MLL600)
	RTW185 showing wartime style blinds for route 76
	Passengers alight from RT2043 in the original livery style for this class
	Royal Blue 2270, seen at Dorking Station later in the day
	Leyland Nationals are becoming increasingly rare making a photograph of SNB312 worthwhile. Not quite as good as catching one in the wild of course.
	RF255 saw service with Metrobus as recently as 1995, although it is privately owned. The bus carries boards for the 746 service between Bromley and Tunbridge Wells while displaying blinds for route 412
	RM9 displaying blinds for a special service between Clapham Common and Epsom Downs
	RF626 waits before working a journey through the Surrey Hills.

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