In 1977 London Transport appropriately painted 25 AEC Routemasters in allover silver to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee. These were renumbered SRM1-25 (SRM- Silver RouteMaster). These were repainted back into red in late 1977.

Recently,  (2006) with the demise of the Routemaster two heritage routes were announced, the 9 (Royal Albert Hall-Aldwych) and the 15 (Trafalgar Square-Tower Hill), they were awarded to First and Stagecoach respectively, and one of First's has been painted exactly like this, but with the 'flying f' logo.

Michael Wooley