Re: NSW FreightCorp locos in WA?

["ALLAN JOSEPH SPURLING" <SPURLO@bigpond.com>]

Peter Neve wrote in message <354bd2c6.43061@news.ozemail.com.au>...
>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.
>
>no 81's in Kalgoorlie or Parkeston yet, we're still waiting. shunting with
DL's at the moment.
>