Re: NSW FreightCorp locos in WA?

["Gavin" <gavindeb@iinet.net.au>]

There is one 81 class in Kalgoorlie(Parkeston)8112 and one 81 class in
Perth(Kewdale)8114 they are to be used as shunt units.
They are still in FreightCorp colors.
Gavin

Peter Neve <nswsrca@ozemail.com.au> wrote in article
<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.
> 
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