Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has held recent discussions with (a) DB Cargo and (b) railway preservation groups on preserving the 58050 locomotive.

Freight operators are private sector companies who lease or own their rolling stock. Any such decisions relating to the preservation of locomotives would be a commercial matter for those freight operators.

The department has not held any recent discussions with DB Cargo or railways preservation groups regarding the preservation of the 58050 locomotive.