Big Loss of Railway Coal Traffic rt A REMINDER that British
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Railways' coal carryings last year were substantially below those of 1957 was given at Blackburn, last week, when the British Transport Commission opposed an application by H. Gilbraith, Ltd.,
Accrington. The company wanted to replace two small A-licence tippers by a large vehicle for coal traffic.
On their behalf, Mr. J. A. Dunkerley said they had 12 " flats " and a tipper on special A licence, three " flats " and 14 tippers on public A, and 27 tippers on B licence.
The two tippers it was proposed to replace were petrol vehicles at the end of their useful life. Between September 13 and December 6, 1958, their average weekly earnings were about £88. From December 6 to January 31 the earnings were very low because of mechanical trouble. During that time the new vehicle had operated on short-term licence, and over a four-weekly period its average earnings were £90.
Mr. A. W. Balne, for the B.T.C.. pointed out that the normal user of the vehicles to be surrendered was wide and there was no evidence that they had, in fact, been regularly engaged in coal carrying.
Granting the application, Mr. J. Duncan, North Western Deputy Licensing Authority, said he was satisfied there could be no damage to the B.T.C.