This freight train has just emerged from the fog near the Brocken summit as it has been stopped by two soldiers of the GDR border troops. They will now very carefully inspect the complete train a... (more)
Halt! Polizeikontrolle, Papiere bitte ...... (stop! police control, your documents please). These kind of police checks were very frequent in the former GDR especially in the regions that were clo... (more)
Double departures of two steam trains from the Eisfelder Talmuhle station were frequent in the past. The train on the right side is for Drei Annen Hohne and the Brocken. The train on the left side... (more)
Let's drag the time machine back to 1970. Two soldiers from the GDR border troops based on the Brocken mountain are returning with their vehicle to Schierke. They had to make a brief stop at this ... (more)