Minutes of 38th meeting held at Blackpool,
8th/9th February, 1956.
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PRESENT :-
Mr.E.S.Hunt,
Assistant General Manager. (Chairman)
" B.Adkinson,
Assistant Motive Power Supt., Euston
" A.N.Butland,
Assistant Civil Engineer, Euston
" T.Fiske,
Assistant to General Manager (Modernisation), Euston
" S.H.Gould,
Assistant Operating Superintendent, Euston
" E.J.Larkin
Assistant M.& E. Engineer, Derby
" N.Nicolls,
Assistant to Regional Accountant, Euston
" H.G.N.Read,
Assistant Commercial Manager, Euston
" A.T.Salmon,
Assistant Public Relations & Publicity Officer, Euston
" E.Stanley,
Assistant to C.& W.Engineer, Derby
" R.Varley,
Assistant to General Manager, Euston
" C. Lakin,
General Manager's Office, Euston. (Secretary)
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422. GENERAL MATTERS OF POLICY
1. Minutes of meeting of 29th December,
1955
Agreed
2. Programme of Light Weight Diesel Operation over
the next five years.
The Chairman said it was advisable to consider the formulation of a five
year plan for light weight diesel operation bearing in mind future schemes for
electrification under the Modernisation Plan. Experience with operation by
diesel units had now shown that for some schemes the original requirement of units
would need to be increased, and this, together with the schemes which were under
consideration for future operation, stressed the need for a long term policy,
particularly to ensure that supplies of materials would be available when
required.
It was agreed desirable to advise the B.T.C. as early as possible the
approximate number of units likely to be required up to January 1960, this to
include units required for any amendment to schemes already in mind, and
Messrs.Gould and Read will furnish a memorandum for consideration by the Committee
at an early date.
