 However, the locomotive was saved when the office of the VR Chief Mechanical Engineer intervened at the eleventh hour and deferred the scrapping.In May 1961, the VR Commissioners accepted the ARHS proposal for the museum and provided locomotives, land, and tracks for its establishment.The Australian Railway Historical Society Museum opened to the public on 10 November 1962 and X36, withdrawn after of service, is today preserved alongside dozens of other former VR locomotives and rolling stock.