LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

LMS Route: Leamington to Weedon

Warwick (Milverton) Shed: lnwrwar_shed1441

View of six sets of newly delivered Derby built Diesel Multiple Units stored at the shed after its closure in preparation for driver training. Driver training would have had to have been carried out in advance of their operational introduction. When first introduced the unions insisted on a second man, the fireman, to allocated on both DMUs and diesel locomotives on the grounds of safety. This significantly nullified one of the advantages of operating these vehicles and was a contributing factor in making secondary routes vulnerable to the cost savings that Beeching instigated resulting in the closure of thousands of miles of lines.

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