77. Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Minister of Transport how many diesel locomotives were operated by British Railways in 1968; and how many failures or breakdowns of these engines were reported in the same year.
§ Mr. CarmichaelBritish Railways operated 4,376 diesel locomotives in 1968. The only failures which are required to be reported to my right hon. Friend are those of a kind which might have caused a train accident. 110 such failures were reported during 1968 and, of this total, 101 were minor fires which were extinguished by the train crews.