Renato (right) visited me (left) in early April 2000. He has
been the source of a great deal of material on the Eritrean Railway and
in particular the Littorine. He works for a division of FIAT in Torino.
His father used to take him to see the standard gauge Littorine in Italy.
He and I were born a week apart. We have a lot of common likes and
dislikes. Astrologers would have a field day with us. I need
only remind them that Hank Aaron's birthday is the day after mine and Babe
Ruth's the day before. I was last chosen on sandlot baseball because
I could never hit the blamed thing.