Midland “Red” Motor Services (BMMO & MROC) Leyland Leopard - Overview
Midland “Red” Motor Services (BMMO & MROC)
Leyland Leopard — Overview
Leyland Leopard Buses & DPs Acquired New — 1st batch
5145–5244 (R/Nos: 5145–5244HA)—type codes LS18 and LS18A
- Chassis type: PSU3/4R
- 100 Vehicles entering service between December 1962 and August
1963
- BET Federation style bodies:
- Fleet numbers 5145–5169: B53F Weymann.
- Fleet numbers 5170–5174: B53F Willowbrook
- Fleet numbers 5175–5194: DP48F Willowbrook—Classed as type code LS18A
- Fleet numbers 5195–5244: B53F Willowbrook
- New in overall red BMMO livery bus (type code LS18), or DP48F
vehicles (type code LS18A) in BMMO coach livery of red with black roof
to signify dual purpose work
- B53F vehicles (type code LS18) converted to one-man operation from
1966
- DP48F vehicles (type code LS18A) coverted to one-man operation from
November 1968, and down-graded to bus work as type LS18 with B53F seating
from January 1971
Fleet number 5183 (5183HA) was destroyed by fire in 1968, and therefore
was never fitted for one-man operation or down-graded for bus work
Leyland Leopard DPs Acquired New
5839–5848 (R/Nos: JHA839E–848E)—type code LS20
- Chassis type: PSU3/4R
- 10 Vehicles entering service between March 1967 and April 1967
- Willowbrook bodywork, DP49F from new
Certain vehicles re-seated to B53F from 1978
Leyland Leopard DPs Acquired New
6394–6445 (R/Nos: YHA394J–416J &
CHA417K–445K)—type code S24
- Chassis type: PSU3A/4R
- 52 Vehicles entering service between April 1971 and December 1971
- Bodywork by Willowbrook. DP49F layout with dual-purpose seats trimmed with leopard skin material
- New in overall red BMMO bus livery with underlined “Midland Red” fleet names
Later repainted to N.B.C. dual-purpose livery of white and poppy red
- Fitted with Boot
- No power steering
Leyland Leopard Buses Acquired New
6461–6473 (R/Nos: DHA461K–473K)—type code S26
- Chassis type: PSU3A/4R
- 13 Vehicles entering service in 1972
- Marshall bodywork, B53F from new—Brown plastic seats
- Delivered in red BMMO (Midland “Red”) livery, later repainted
into NBC “Poppy Red” livery
- No power steering
Leyland Leopard DPs Acquired New
199–248 (R/Nos: JHA199L–248L)—type code S27, reclassified to SDP27 in 1980
- Chassis type: PSU3B/2R
- 50 Vehicles entering service between February 1973 and July 1973
- Marshall bodywork, DP49F from new—Dual purpose seats trimmed with leopard skin material
- Delivered in NBC Poppy Red and White DP livery
- Fitted with Boot
- No power steering
319–368 (R/Nos: PHA319M–338M, SHA639N, GJW40N–49N, GOH350N–361N & GOL362N–368N)
Type code S28, reclassified to SDP28 in 1980
- Chassis type: PSU3B/2R
- 50 Vehicles entering service between May 1974 and March 1975
(First four examples, fleet numbers 319–322, entered service at Worcester depot for use on Motorway Express services X43 and X44, displacing S27 Leopards 199–202)
- Marshall bodywork, DP49F from new—Dual purpose seats trimmed with leopard skin material
- Delivered in National Bus Poppy Red and White DP livery
- Fitted with Boot
- No power steering
