NSW FreightCorp locos in WA?

[nswsrca@ozemail.com.au (Peter Neve)]

G'day.

It is my understanding that National Rail Corporation  returned 8167 &
8176 to FreightCorp in early April in exchange for 8112 & 8114
respectively (possibly because the latter 81s are still under a
lease-back arrangement).   The story is that the two 81s have become
yard shunters at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

Can any reader confirm or deny that these units are now at Kalgoorlie
and whether they are still in FreightCorp colours - they certainly
left Sydney in the blue livery!

One would think that they would be early candidates for repainting
into NRC colours, as shown on the NRC Web Page under "Archives".
I wonder whether the units will be renumbered, and if so to what???

Pete.