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I have been told that BMMO S23 fleet number 5941 (UHA941H) has been sold by BAMMOT. This vehicle is/was not part of their working fleet as I understand the engine is knackered, but is historically significant as it was the last bus to have both the chassis and bodywork built in-house by Midland Red.

Does anyone have any further details? Date of sale? New owner hopefully or maybe scrapped (unlikely I think)? I need to try and keep the website vehicle database up-to-date!

Thanks,

Adam.

We used the bus as a Tea Bus for some time, sadly I do not have any information on who the new owner/s is/are this is what the bus looked like at an Carlyle Rd open Day (possibly in the 1980,s any one know the year?)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dofartsha ... THz-dLqLYz

Fear not, the bus is in safe hands. The Trust / Museum have let Chris Hatton acquire the vehicle for ongoing preservation and work is currently progressing well (not only was the engine seized but the floor was well rotten!) Given Chris's previous track record it will be well looked after.

Thanks for that 943KHA. I would imagine that because the museum already has working example(s) of S23 the restoration of another one would have been deferred for something more "rare", so letting someone else have a go was probably a good move.

Horsencart... your link doesn't work

Try this https://www.flickr.com/photos/dofartsha ... 1XU-dRo27Z


I have just tried it and it works for me

The LTRT (Leicester Transport Heritage Trust) have given first refusal of BMMO S23 5919 RHA919G The engine has been described as tired

horsencart wrote: ↑

16:25 Monday 18th July 2016

Try this...

I have just tried it and it works for me

Same issue... I think this link is trying to log people in to your personal Flickr account. I'm guessing you have copied and pasted it from the URL bar while you have been logged in.

Not my fault (I would say that anyway ) try this https://www.flickr.com/photos/dofartsha ... 515749107/

and if that does not work I shall just Skeam and Skeam till I make myself sick
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Yes it works!

Looks a bit wet on that open day... Probably summer time then!

I think that this photo as taken at Carlyle Works when they were staging a "driver of the year" Midlands heat. I remember going up with 5479 which was on display, and we managed to have a look around the inside of the works until being told in no uncertain terms by a security officer that it was out of bounds!