Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Harz

Harzer Schmalspurbahnen. A visit to Wernigerode shed in the late evening after dinner and amongst the stabled & simmering 2-10-2T tanks used on the Brocken and Nordhausen services I found Mallet 0-4-4-0T 99 5902 (Arnold Jung, 1898) also in steam. HFF & have a GWE to everyone.

This time from the train, we are approaching Steinerne-Renne station on the outskirts of Wernigerode on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen. Class 99 2-10-2T 236 takes the steep curve with our train to the Brocken.

Approaching Steinerne-Renne station on the outskirts of Wernigerode on the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Class 99 7243-1 leans to the very sharply curving track.

In the beautiful forest setting of Steinerne-Renne station HSB Class 99 7239 barks away from its station stop on the 09.40 Wernigerode to Brocken service.

Climbing up the mountain out of Schierke on the Brocken line of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen the train winds through thick pine forest with only occasional clearings where there is enough light for a decent on-train shot of the engine: 2-10-2T 99 7243-1.

The 08.55 train from Wernigerode HSB to the Brocken pulled by metre gauge 2-10-2T 99 7234-0 leaves a smokescreen as it curves away from the main line and approaches Wernigerode Westerntor station off left. The former East German Brocken listening station & towers are on the mountain summit above the train. The Brocken station is adjacent and lies at 1125m, so the train faces a climb of 890m from this point to arrive at the top at 10.36.

Leaving a trail of exhaust across the Saltzburgerstrasse road crossing and partially hiding the Western Gate Tower, Class 99-23 2-10-2T 99 7234-4 of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen runs through Wernigerode town with the 08.55 train en route to Drei Annen Hohne and the Brocken.

HSB narrow gauge 2-6-2T 99 6001 enters Alexisbad from Gernrode on the Selketalbahn past a beautiful wooden building which houses the Elysium Cafe & Restaurant. Just visible on the right is the River Selke from which the railway takes its name.

The day's action is over and HSB (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen) Class 99-23 2-10-2T 99 7241-5 is back on shed in Wernigerode as the sun sets behind.

The Harz Mountains and the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen - narrow gauge (metre) steam. Staying in Wernigerode we drove to Drei Annen Hohne station and took the train south to Eisfelder Talmühle on the line to Nordhausen. We were pulled there and back by 2-10-2T 99 7245-6 and this shot was taken while taking water before the engine ran round. The engines of DR Class 99.23 are metre gauge steam locomotives, that were procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany from 1954 to 1956. When they entered service they had operating numbers 99 231–99 247. Today they are numbered 99 7231–99 7247.