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| Vehicle | Ford R192 — Midland Red type code: S25 B45F Plaxton Derwent |
| Number | 6294 (YHA 294J) |
| Operator | Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited (Midland “Red”), Shrewsbury depot New (10/70) to Birmingham & Midland Motor OC Ltd. (Midland “Red”), Birmingham. Operator renamed (29/3/74) to Midland Red OC Ltd. Withdrawn (5/77). Passed (9/78) to McCann, Forest Green. Withdrawn (5/81) |
| Location | Shrewsbury. |
| Description | Numerically the first vehicle in the batch, seen when new. |
| Date | Thursday 19th November 1970 |
| Source | Photograph © Alan Snatt. |
DD12 on Sunday 19th November 2017
This is a wonderful photo of a new "S25" during an era when there seemed to be so much going on ! -
- these 100 Fords marked a radical change for BMMO, in that they were "cheap", and featured a front engine. - -
When I was "a nipper" I was disappointed seeing that these new buses had only "thin, non-glossy" top-coat of paint !!
Did the Plaxton Derwent bodies have wooden frames (or am I even more "ga-ga" than I thought ?) - -
They were intended for mainly rural or lightly-loaded routes, and were the first post-war Midland Red buses to feature an off-white waistband ( - although some coaches had this feature, previously).
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