In fact, the Railway Administration once preserved one locomotive of each type, intending to set up a railway museum some day, but it later gave up the idea because of the cost. Besides the fifteen locomotives that have been sent to various cities and counties for display in local museums or cultural centers (see attached table), other retired locomotives lie scattered about in hubs and switchyards around the island.
除其中十五具火車頭被分送給各縣市政府做為地方博物館或文化中心展示之用（見附表），其餘散存各站場、車庫。只是保養維修狀況不佳，有的隨意擱置在廣場上任它風吹雨淋，有的索性鎖在倉庫裡不見天日。