Minutes 551 - 561
DIESEL TRAINS COMMITTEE
Minutes of 52nd meeting held on Wednesday, 15th Jan. 1958
PRESENT :-
| Mr. | L.M. Sayers, | Assistant General Manager (Chairman) |
| Mr. | B. Adkinson, | Assistant Motive Power Superintendent., Euston |
| Mr. | George Dow, | Commercial Officer, Euston |
| Mr. | J. Elliott, | Assistant Engineer (Permanent Way), Euston |
| Mr. | J.J.Finlayson, | Assistant M.& E.Engineer, Derby |
| Mr. | T. Fiske, | Assistant to General Manager (Modernisation) |
| Mr. | S.H. Gould, | Operating Officer, Euston |
| Mr. | N. Nicholls, | Assistant to Regional Accountant, Euston |
| Mr. | A.T. Salmon, | Assistant Public Relations & Publicity Officer, Euston |
| Mr. | E. Stanley, | Assistant C.& W. Engineer, Derby |
| Mr. | R. Varley, | Assistant to General Manager, Euston |
| Mr. | C. Lakin, | General Manager's Office, Euston (Secretary) |
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551. GENERAL MATTERS OF POLICY
1. Minutes of meeting of 19th November, 1957
Agreed.
2. Programme of diesel train operation over the next five years
Noted that it has been found necessary to re-consider the requirements of diesel units for 1958 and 1959 in relation to capacity available in railway and contractor's works, and as a result of this reconsideration, the following vehicles will be allocated to this Region :-
| Types | Total | ||||||
| A.1. | A.2. | ||||||
| 1958 | 6 | 6 | (DTC) | 12 | Liverpool-Gateacre- Warrington scheme. |
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| 24 | 14 | (DTC) | 48 | Not yet allocated. | |||
| 1959 | 12 | 12 | (MC) | 24 | Manchester Part 2 scheme. |
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| 59 | 59 | (DTC) | 118 | Not yet allocated. | |||
| (including 9 carried over from 1958) | |||||||
| 50 | 50 | (MC) | 100 | Not yet allocated. | |||
| (subject to agreement to fit one 238 H.P. Rolls Royce power equipment to each vehicle) |
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| Total | 151 | 151 | 302 | ||||
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