Tag: SOS
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Midland Red – SOS SLR – CHA 976 – 1994
Copyright Roger Cox Midland Red (Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co) 1937 SOS SLR English Electric C30C Following on from Paul Haywoods posting of a Midland Red Regent II I thought you may be interested in a picture of one of the types of vehicle produced by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company itself…
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Midland Red – SOS SON – FHA 472 – 472 – 2317
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co) 1939 SOS SON Brush B38F This uncredited wartime view of Midland Red FHA 472 (472 later 2317) shows it with masked headlamps and reflective mudguards. It was one of a large batch of…
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Midland Red – SOS FEDD – FHA 236 – 236 – 2254
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Omnibus Co) 1939 SOS FEDD Brush H30/26F Midland Red FHA 236 (2254, formerly 236) was one of their unique pre-war, front-entrance, SOS FEDD double-deckers. They were built in large numbers between 1933 until 1939 with bodies…
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Midland Red – SOS SON – GHA 335 – 2416
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co) 1940 SOS SON Brush B38F Another image by an unknown photographer. It shows Midland Red 2416 (GHA 335), a SOS SON of 1940. Apparently seen in its final days – acting as a…
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Trent – SOS DON – RC 2721 – 321
Trent Motor Traction 1935 SOS DON Brush B36F Pictured on the HCVC Brighton Run in 1969 is RC 2721, an ex Trent SOS DON of 1935 with a Brush front entrance bus body that originally held 36 seats. SOS vehicles were favoured by the Trent and Northern companies during the 1930s, and the vehicle radiators…