A week on The Harz Mountain Railways - Lineside

My first foray into foreign steam on a trip organised by a friend of my dad to Germany to visit the Harz Mountain Railways. We stayed in a lovely hotel in the town of Wernigerode from Friday the 6th until Friday the 13th. Wernigerode is the main starting point of the line and is where the main shed and loco facilities are. The main line goes to the top of the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountains and is also the highest peak of Northern Germany at 3,743ft above sea level. Half way along the main line is the station of Drei Annen Hohne which is a junction station with one line going to the Brocken and one to Eisfelder Talmühle, another junction station with lines going to Nordhausen Nord and Quedlinburg. The line to Quedlinburg has two junctions at Stiege where trains can be caught to Hasselfelde and Alexisbad where trains can be caught to Harzgerode. The whole network in total is 87 miles (140km). This video includes the linside and general non-onboard videos I took during my stay. Locos featured in this video are: - DR Class 2-10-2s 7234, 99 7239, 99 7243, 99 7237, 99 236 & 99 7235. - DR Class V 100 861 - DRG Class 2-10-2 222 - NWE Class 0-4-4-0 5902 - Railbus 017 Thought I’d do something a bit different and put the shots in order of where they were taken on the line, in ascending and descending order. Wernigerode: - 99 7234 departs on the 09:10 to the Brocken (07/04/12) Wernigerode Westerntor: - 199 861 departs in the snow with the 16:25 from Wernigerode (07/04/12) - 99 7239 crosses the road on the 10:25 from Wernigerode (12/04/12) Wernigerode Hochschule Harz: - 99 222 arrives and departs, running on the road on the 09:10 from Wernigerode. The people waving were friends of ours who were also on the trip (12/04/12) Steinerne Renne: - 99 7243 arrives, then barks out on the 11:55 from Wernigerode (11/04/12) Thumkuhlenkopf Tunnel: - 99 7234 is seen climbing up through the valley then passing before entering the 70m long tunnel on the 10:25 from Wernigerode (11/04/12) Horse Shoe Curve: - 99 7239 blasts past on the 09:10 from Wernigerode (11/04/12) Drei Annen Hohne: - 99 5902 powers up to the station giving an awesome whistle on an Easter Special from Wernigerode (08/04/12) Eisfelder Talmühle: - 99 7239 gives an enthusiastic run round ready for the 14:06 to Drei Annen Hohne (10/04/12) Stiege: - 187 017 arrives then departs on the 17:21 to Hasselfelde whilst 99 7237 waits to run round her train (10/04/12) - 99 7237 pulls her train out then shunts it onto another line, runs round then departs on the 17:29 to Quedlinburg (10/04/12) Drei Annen Hohne: - 99 236 departs on the 12:55 from Wernigerode (11/04/12) Brocken: - A few snowy scenes then 99 7235 is seen departing on the 11:06 to Drei Annen Hohne, the reprobates at the back were part of the group, I was a bit annoyed at the time but in the end I just looked back on it and laughed (08/04/12) Drei Annen Hohne: - 99 7235 gives some nice whistles for the road crossing as she departs on the 13:38 from Brocken (08/04/12) Wernigerode Westerntor: - 199 861 is seen crossing the road in the pouring rain on the 10:44 from Drei Annen Hohne (12/04/12) - 99 7243 is seen arriving on the 15:14 from Drei Annen Hohne (07/04/12) - 99 5902 arrives and departs on an Easter Special from Drei Annen Hohne (07/04/12) Wernigerode: - 99 5902 runs light engine from the carriage sheds to the engine sheds for servicing after her day’s work (07/04/12) - Shed scenes at the end of a busy day (06/04/12) Filmed on a Panasonic HDC-HS900 with a Panasonic VW-VMS2E Microphone Enjoy