are known to have been dumped in rivers to provide riverbank stability and halt erosion. Preservation Four P class locomotives have been rescued for preservation. All were salvaged from locomotive dump sites in Otago and Southland as incomplete hulks. In 1992, then-Dunedin based group Project Steam salvaged the remains of P 25 and P 107 from Beaumont on the former Roxburgh Branch. Both locomotives were moved to Dunedin for restoration; due to the poor condition of P 107's frame, the locomotive's frame was swapped with that from its sister locomotive. In 2009, the rolling chassis of P 107 was trucked from Dunedin to Springfield for storage at the Midland Rail Heritage Trust's centre, where the restoration will be completed. Both locomotives were dumped with their tenders and other fittings still attached, and so are more complete than other examples of the type. In 2004, the Ohai Railway Board Heritage Trust salvaged the remains of P 60 and P 133 from the Branxholme locomotive dumpsite on the Wairio Branch. Both were moved to the group's workshop at Wairio where they were placed in outside storage. In 2014, the hulk of P 133 was moved from Wairio to Mosgiel, pending transport to Middlemarch where it will be stored pending the funding needed to restore it to working order. Both of the ORBHT engines were more heavily stripped and are missing many parts; P 60 was also dumped with the boiler of a classmate temporarily bolted on; the boiler later came apart from the frames, resulting in the salvage of the frames only. See also P class of 1876 Wellington and Manawatu Railway Trust References Citations Bibliography External links New Zealand Railways Class P 2-8-0 P class 2-8-0 locomotives Nasmyth, Wilson and Company locomotives 3 ft 6 in gauge locomotives of New Zealand Railway locomotives introduced in 1885