HC Deb 04 February 1943 vol 386 c1076W
Sir R. Gower

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of mines in Scotland where electric battery locomotives are used for auxiliary and face haulage; the number of these locomotives in use; and the percentage of the output carried by them?

Major Lloyd George

Fourteen electric storage battery locomotives are in use at six mines in Scotland, and they deal with approximately 30 per cent. of the output of those mines.