Preservation
Four L class locomotives have survived into preservation. As of May 2007, their disposition is as follows:
- Classleader L 1150 R G Wishart is today in static preservation at the Australian Railway Historical Society Williamstown Railway Museum, wearing its original VR royal blue and gold livery.
- L 1160 is currently stored out of service, still wearing its (now weathered) 1980s-era tangerine and grey V/Line livery.
- L 1162 has been restored to operable condition, including a repaint in VR livery. Negotiations are currently underway to allow this locomotive to operate trains on the Melbourne suburban network.
- L 1169, also stored out of service, was used as a prop for the 2007 movie Ghost Rider. Although the film is set in Texas, USA, it was actually filmed in Melbourne, Australia and L 1169 was specially painted in a Texas Eagle livery for the film production.
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