I have visited Harz in Germany, and travelled on the narrow gauge railway network there, http://www.hsb-wr.de/. These railways were also a subject for a quiz two years ago, https://www.marklin-users.net/fo...ault.aspx?g=posts&t=5233.

The railway network consists of three lines:

- The Harzquerbahn, between Wernigerode on the north side of Harz and Nordhausen on the south side.
- The Brockenbahn, between Drei Annen Hohne and Brocken, which is the highest mountain in the area.
- The Selketalbahn, between Eisfelder Talmühle and Quedlinburg on the north side of Harz.

Drei Annen Hohne and Eisfelder Talmühle are stations on the Harzquerbahn. Wernigerode is where they have their lok workshops and train sheds.


The train crosses the street near Wernigerode Westerntor.



Trains meet at Wernigerode Westerntor station. The trains to Brocken or Nordhausen start at the main (DB) railway station in Wernigerode, and Wernigerode Westerntor is the first stop.



The train to Brocken has just left Wernigerode Westerntor.



In the lok workshop at Wernigerode Westerntor station.



The train to Brocken arrives to Wernigerode Westerntor. This is the train we were going with.



The train on its way to Brocken.



The train has arrived to Brocken. Brocken is 1141 m high, and the railway station is at 1125 m. It is the second highest railway station in Germany.



Lok switching at Brocken. Unfortunately the weather was not too good...



The train to Nordhausen is waiting at Brocken station. We were going on this train too.



On the way down from Brocken.



A meeting train is waiting on a siding near the top of Brocken.



Train stop at Drei Annen Hohne. Three steam trains stopped here at the same time. The lok engineers go out and shake hands.



The lok is filled with more water.



Lok detail.



At the platform in Drei Annen Hohne.



Some old cars at the station in Benneckenstein.



The train on its way to Nordhausen.



The railway has very tight curves, as you can understand if you know that this picture is taken from the train.



The lok seen from the second car.



Train stop in Eisfelder Talmühle.



A little bit of the Eisfelder Talmühle station, seen through the luggage car.



My granddaughter on the train in Eisfelder Talmühle.



The train meets a railcar at Eisfelder Talmühle. This is one of the few older railcars they have. Most of their railcars are modern.



The train has arrived to Nordhausen.



Next day. The railcars to Hasselfelde and Wernigerode are waiting at Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz. These are the modern railcars. These railcars also serve as an extension to the Nordhausen streetcar system, and share rails with them.



At the station in Eisfelder Talmühle. The railcar to Hasselfelde, on the Selketalbahn. We travelled with this railcar to Stiege, where we changed to another railcar to Alexisbad.



In Alexisbad we changed to a steam train. The lok is an old mallet lok from 1917.



The train stops in Mägdesprung.



We meet a railcar at the Mägdesprung station.



The train on its way to Quedlinburg.







The train has arrived at Gernrode. This was the end station of the Selketalbahn until 2006 when the railway was extended to Quedlinburg.



The lok at Gernrode station.



Then we visited Quedlinburg, which is a UNESCO world heritage city with a lot of beautiful half timbered houses. I don't show the pictures here, it is off topic. At the evening, we returned to Wernigerode by DB train.

Next day. Brocken is seen from Wernigerode. The Harzquerbahn in the foreground.



The narrow gauge tracks at Wernigerode main railway station.

Hi Perz

Great pictures!Looks like it was a fun day.
I have question. How come both steam Loco's although different in design have the same starting number of 99, I thought this indicates what class the Loco is? But clearly they are of different design and era.
I think both would make great models.

Perz, thanks for sharing those great photos. I feel as if I'd been there myself now!

Tony, all narrow gauge loks in Germany are classified 99 under the locomotive classification scheme.

Ray

Thanks for the pictures Perz.

Nice pics Perz! There are pics of Brocken on Google maps. Can you tell what they are of? They look like some ice/snow sculpture.

Thanks Per. Great photos of what looks like a fun trip! [:p]

If I remember right, the 99 prefix is the general class on the DB for narrow gauge steam loks. I cannot remember where I read that at, or heard it. I have 2 DVD's on the Harz railway. I hope to visit it someday in the future. Cheers Mike

Great series of photos Per, thanks very much. Dumb question, but can someone please tell me what measurement narrow gauge is?

As Goofy already mentioned, this railway is 1 m gauge.

In general, narrow gauge is any gauge smaller than 1435 mm.

Great photos indeed thanks for sharing them,I love narrow gauge

Very nice Perz, thanks for sharing!

Cem.

We went by train. There is a night train between Malmö in Sweden and Berlin, and from Berlin it is not very far.