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Operator: 
 		 Midland Red Omnibus Company Limited (MROC), Withdrawn
New (6/70) to the Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Comapny at Cradley Heath depot. Moved to Stourbridge (5/71), then back to Cradley Heath (12/73), then Tamworth (5/74), then Swadlincote (11/76), then Unallocated (2/79), then Worcester depot (10/79). Withdrawn (8/80). Scrapped
Vehicle: 
 		 BMMO S23
B51F Carlyle/Plaxton (Bodywork finished by Plaxton to BMMO design)
Number: 
 		 5991 (UHA 991H)
  Description: 
 		 Waiting to be preserved as the last vehicle ever built by BMMO.  Unfortunately the vehicle was never restored and it was later scrapped.
The chassis alongside is from Ford R1014, fleet number 373 (R/No: PHA373M), which had the bodywork removed and was shortened as part of a conversion to type M3, but the work was never compleated and the chassis was stored (as shown) and later scrapped.
Location: 
 		 Carlyle Works.
Date: 
 		 14th August 1984.
Source: 
 		 Kindly sent to MidlandRed.net by Chris Sampson
   

Midland Red: BMMO S23 — Photographs