Routemaster buses RML2516 / DRM2516 / RML2283

Unusually, the fleetnumbers RML2516 / DRM2516 / RML2283 (and related registrations) have been used by three different Routemaster buses over time, as follows:

Date	Bus 1	Bus 2	Bus 3	Notes
1960s	RM516 (WLT 516)	RML2516 (JJD 516D)	RML2283 (CUV 283C)	Original identities
1991		DRM2516 (JJD 516D)		Bus 2 fitted with Cummins engine & platform doors by London Buses, leading to the one-off re-classification as a DML, transferring to private hire duties
1994	RM516 (MFF 518)	DRM2516 (WLT 516)		Having been withdrawn, Bus 1 is re-registered by London Buses prior to sale (and then exported to Kenya) - Bus 2, newly privatised to London General is then given the plate, presumably to mask the age of DRM2516
2005		RML2283 (JJD 516D)	DRM2516 (WLT 516)	Bus 1 & 2 are withdrawn to store at Camberwell (Q) in January 2005 - the rear end and fittings of bus 2 are fitted to bus 3, which is also given its number and registration. Bus 3 re-enters the General private hire fleet in January 2006 - the remains of bus 2 (renumbered with bus 3's number) are sold on
?		RML2516 (JJD 516D)		Bus 3 is rebuilt and enters preservation, in the process regaining its original number - in 2013 it's bought by Ghost Bus Tours and painted black

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  Bus 2
  RML2516 (JJD 516D) in preservation (2008)
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  Bus 2
  RML2516 (JJD 516D) with Ghost Bus Tours (2014)
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  Bus 3
  DRM2516 (WLT 516) with London General in 2014