A large piece of metal can be seen on one side of the Flyer, wrapped over the roof of the carriage.
KAL director Robbie Caldwell told the Otago Daily Times, while the company still owned the train, it was an insolvent company and had not been trading for some time, "so it hasn't got the capacity to do anything to fix it".
Mr Caldwell said KAL's primary lender, Prudential Mortgagee Nominees Ltd, had been told "quite clearly" it was that company's responsibility to fix any damage to the train.
Attempts to get responses from Prudential yesterday were unsuccessful.
"I've emailed them with permission to speak to any member of the news media [about the Kingston Flyer] . . . [they] can hardly hide behind saying that [they] can't speak about clients' personal dealings," Mr Caldwell said.
He had also invited Prudential to appoint a liquidator, "but I have received no word and no action".
"Somebody's got to do something . . . but I can't.
"I've had a lot of phone calls [in the past week] - it's a really sad thing.
"There are an awful lot of people who want it saved."
Meanwhile, a Facebook page established to "save the Kingston Flyer - please" had 376 members by yesterday afternoon.
The latest suggestion was for 100,000 people to give $40 each, which would raise most of the $4.7 million owed to Prudential, and for the train to be held by a public trust.
