Preservation
Two locomotives of the P/Pr class have been preserved. Neither is in working condition.
- P 508 (originally P 448) was delivered to the Australian Railway Historical Society museum in October, 1971, after being withdrawn from service in February 1969. It was the only P class locomotive to survive, and remains in original livery in non-working condition at the Bassendean Rail Transport Museum as of early 2009.
- Pr class leader, Pr 521 Ashburton. was similarly given to the ARHS museum in October, 1971, just under one year after being withdrawn. Ashburton had served with distinction, being (along with Pr 522 Avon) one of the two Pr class locomotives in service at the time of the launching of the Westland express in 1938, and was thus the flagship of sorts of the W.A.G.R. fleet at the time. It remains in larch-green livery in non-working condition at the Bassendean Rail Transport Museum as of early 2009.
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