After the repair shop was demolished, local cultural and historical groups banded together to plead for the preservation of this nearly 80-year-old structure, hoping to turn it into a railway museum. As Cheng Jenchung concedes, however, "It is unlikely that the policy will change."
在機廠被拆後，曾有幾個花蓮的文史團體聯合為這棟將近八十年的老建築請命，希望可以把它保留改做為鐵道文物陳列館，「不過可能很難改變既定的政策吧」，鄭仁崇有點無奈地說。