Other Midland Reds

The Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company began to operate motor buses in the Birmingham and Black Country area in 1912, radiating their services out as far as Leicester. By the 1920s they were building their own buses and SOS was born, standing for ''Shire''s Own Specification'', named after Midland Red''s Chief Engineer. The advantage of this was that the company could design exactly what i...