1948 RT852 – JXC230

RT852 was the first example of the new RT3/1 body (with no roofboxes at all) and had been presented to the public at the Commercial Motor Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1948.

In July 1948, the first delivery of RT3/1s was made to Dalston when they received a batch of 6. In October, to replace their ST's on Routes 81, 116 and 117, Hounslow became the third garage to receive them when a batch of 16 was delivered, including RT852. Despite its brand new 3-bay layout to the front blind box, restricted blinds had to be used  because none of the new format were available, when RT852 first entered service on Route 117.