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Minutes 651 - 659


DIESEL TRAINS COMMITTEE

Minutes of 62nd meeting held at Euston, February 18th, 1959

 

PRESENT :-

Mr. A.J.Pearson, Assistant General Manager, Euston (Chairman)
" E.H.Baker, Motive Power Officer, Euston
" J.J.Finlayson,  Assistant M.& E.Engineer, Derby
" T.Fiske, Assistant to General Manager (Modernisation), Euston
" S.H.Gould, Operating Officer, Euston
" N.Horner, Assistant Accountant, Euston
" A.Jones, for Commercial Officer, Euston
" F.L.Lambert, Assistant Civil Engineer, Euston
" A.T.Salmon, Assistant P.R.& P.O., Euston
" E.Stanley, Assistant C.& W.Engineer, Derby
" R.Varley, Assistant to General Manager (Special Duties), Euston
" C.Lakin, General Manager's Office, Euston   (Secretary)

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Minutes of meeting of January 13th, 1959

Agreed.

651.  GENERAL MATTERS OF POLICY

1.  Programme of Diesel Multiple Unit Operation

(a)  Employment of vehicles available in 1959

The Chairman stated that a report had now been prepared on the proposed use of 224 diesel multiple unit vehicles available for service in 1959 before schemes for their use were developed and for which maintenance and fuelling facilities had not been approved.

The report recommends the use of the 224 vehicles in the areas given below with maintenance and/or fuelling facilities as shown :-