The TFB wishes to restore the tourist appeal of the Mt. Ali Railway, and is willing to operate it even at a loss. It plans to build a narrow gauge museum at Fenchi Lake Station, where old forestry railway engines are to go on display, and it would also welcome exhibits from the sugar, salt and mining railways.
林務局有心復活阿里山鐵路的觀光魅力，即使賠錢經營也在所不惜；他們還計畫在奮起湖車站籌建一個「窄軌博物館」，有請林鐵的老車現身，也歡迎糖鐵、鹽鐵和礦鐵共聚一堂。