Preserved <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Routemaster_bus_RM8" title="Routemaster bus RM8">Routemaster bus RM8</a> (reg. VLT 8), pictured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport,_Isle_of_Wight" class="extiw" title="en:Newport, Isle of Wight">Newport</a> Quay, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" class="extiw" title="en:Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a>, for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Bus_%26_Coach_Museum" class="extiw" title="en:Isle of Wight Bus &amp; Coach Museum">Isle of Wight Bus Museum</a>  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Isle_of_Wight_Bus_Museum_running_day_October_2010" title="Category:Isle of Wight Bus Museum running day October 2010">October 2010 running day</a>. It was the first production Routemaster bus, although it was used for 18 years as a test platform, and did not enter normal service until 1976.
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