Worcester Park Running Day 2008

Final selection

Thank you to all the photographers who have submitted photos for the site. This final selection presents late entries and some that just had to be shown.

John Lidstone's pair of pictures shows Roger Wright taking RT3871 on the 93 Express to Epsom. First waiting for the conductor's signal, then they're off. RLH48 follows to provide a stopping service as far as North Cheam.

Photos © John Lidstone

Former HR Richmond Bedford PPH698 heads out from South Street, Epsom, site of its former garage, with a good load for its excursion.

Photo © Mark Chessell

The Morden Station background to RLH61 runs from 'original' on the right through the later office block built over the Charles Holden station building to the modern.

Photo © Graham Fife

RT2794 again, as it shuttles between the 164 and 118. No time to change the canopy blind!

Photo © Graham Fife

T31 bemuses the modern traffic by the use of hand-signals as the bus pulls away from the Malden Fountain stop.

Photo © Graham Fife

Open-top RT3435 takes on another load at North Cheam.

Photo © Graham Fife

RT1702 ran on the 156 with relatively little attention from photographers. Here at North Cheam it heads back to the garage.

Photo © Mark Chessell

STL2377 in aSutton claims to be travelling anticlockwise, but is doing the reverse.

Photo © Vaskor Basak

RF28 soaks up the sun and the queue at Worcester Park.

Photo © Graham Fife

Early on, RF406 arrives at Morden inbound on the 712 feeder service from Marble Arch.

Photo © David Element

Cobham's STL2377 shows the correct blind as it heads away from Morden at Morden South; it will circle via Cheam and Sutton before reaching Morden again.

Photo © John Bath

Merseyside resident RT2794 flexed its springs on the 118 and 164, here pausing at The Beverley. The conductor staffing problem seems to have been resolved.

Photo © David Thrower

RT3148 pauses at Morden while John Huxford checks the schedule. This working of the 164 is to Sutton Garage only, other journeys ran through to Epsom. The working marked the temporary use by Sutton of a green RT in 1954.

The wide boy heads south. See here for a rare photo of an RTW on the 93 in LT days.

The elegant rear of former Surrey Motors AEC Regal PPF492.

... and a photo taken from the front of that coach, having just passed close to its old home in Sutton. RTL139 heads round the 156 as an RF emerges from Sutton Garage.

RF673 heads through South Morden on the old 712 route.

RM1397 leaves the Woodstock for North Cheam and Epsom.

The last word

Q83 shows off its Green Line heritage at North Cheam.