Preservation
In December 1976 4102 was placed by the Public Transport Commission in the custody of the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum and is now a designated NSW heritage item.
After it arrived at Thirlmere in January 1977, the seized engine that led to its demise was temporarily repaired by members of the Illawarra Group. In 1982 an engine failed whilst returning from a trip to Picton and as a consequence 4102 was then used as an one-engine shunter until the batteries finally wore out in 1987.
By July 1991 it had moved to CountryLink's XPT Maintenance Centre in Sydenham (where the Paxman engined XPTs are maintained), where a spare engine was installed. It returned to Thirlmere in November 1992, but was not restored to service. In April 2009 4102 was moved for further storage at the Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot.
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