Lieut.-Colonel CLAYasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions how many superheater locomotive engines were built m Great Britain for the Railway Operating Department and sent overseas during the years 1914–18; what was their average original cost; and what is the average price at which they have been sold?
§ Mr. KELLAWAYThree hundred and five Great Central Railway type, ten New South Wales Government type, and fourteen tank-engine Dutch railway type super-heated locomotives were built in Great Britain and sent to France. The average cost prices of these locomotives varied between £5,500 and £8,300. The tank-engine Dutch railway type locomotives were sold for Frs.200,000 each. Of the others, none have been sold, but they are being allocated to the British railway companies under a pooling arrangement, under the directions of the Ministry of Transport. One hundred and fifty-four have already been so allocated.