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Good Morning Gang! I hope I´ll get a little rest today. The last days have been rather tiring, both at the party front and the family front. Lots of legal matters to take care of - I am just glad my brother has taken up the brunt of it. Janie, just coffee, please - I have to watch my weight [(-D] CN Charlie - yes, the class 25 nC´s are hefty beast for a narrow gauge loco. Just to show the others what we are talking about, here is a picture: <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SAR_Class_25NC_3410_Sannaspos_-_040799.jpg/800px-SAR_Class_25NC_3410_Sannaspos_-_040799.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SAR_Class_25NC_3410_Sannaspos_-_040799.jpg/800px-SAR_Class_25NC_3410_Sannaspos_-_040799.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> South African Railway had 50 of them under steam, built between 1953 and 1955. 11 of them were built by North British, the balance by Henschel in Germany. There was also a condensing locomotive of similar design, but they were converted to NC´s (non-condensing) in the early 1970´s. Without getting too deeply into politics, a common currency works only under one political and legal system, providing that the different economies involved are on just about the same level. Unless someone within that union is willing to pick up the tab for developing the weaker countries, that´s not going to work - hence Euro crisis.Tax payers in northern Europe (not only Germany) are more and more unwilling to do so. Come to think of it, Germany owes its national debt solely to the EU membership and the Euro. As a result of Frau Merkel´s politics, Germany is starting to look like the former GDR over 20 years ago - run-down streets with pothole you can sink a Sherman tank into, schools which are falling apart etc. No Vinnie, I am stepping off the [soapbox] now. Terry - I hope your soon will return from his assignment  without any harm done to his body & soul. Just a few days back, another German soldier was killed in the northern region. When will this end? Have a nice weekend!
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