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Good Afternoon! I am back home. Right now, there is nothing more I can do for my parents than just wait and see how they develop. Both are being taken care of. It is obvious, that they won´t be able to ever return into their house, should they improve. I am just glad I made it home. I am completely wiped out. The last few days made me age rapidly. Still no support from my dear brother. I won´t ask him any more, but I expect trouble from him when I have to clear the house and sell it. While I was searching for some documents, I found an old picture I have taken on a rail fanning trip back in 1972. Those were the final years of steam in West Germany, with only one line left in the northern part of my country and one line left in southern Germany - too far away for me, as my newspaper money was not sufficient to buy the train ticket. <a href="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/Rheine1972_zpsc891c7f7.jpg"><img src="http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv185/SirMadig/Rheine1972_zpsc891c7f7.jpg" alt=" " border="0" /></a> The picture shows a DB class 042 oil-fired Mikado pulling a string of empties from Emden to Munster. I remember it being a warm spring day around Easter. A year later, catenary was put up, ending steam traction. As you can see, inter-modal transport had not yet reached Germany in those days. The post of Emden had a large coal dock, and the line saw 4,000 ton coal trains, pulled by 2 DB class 043 Decapods, nicknamed "Jumbo". Those were the most powerful steamers in my days. They did not run on weekends, s i missed to see this train. Fond memories! Blessings!
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