The HSB 99 7232 masquerading as the Deutsche Reichsbahn 99 0732 (The "0" means that the engine is fuel burning as it used to be in the past during DR days) is storming up the Brocken mountain with... (more)

Back in the GDR, border soldiers regularly observed the freight trains bringing supply for the troops based at the summit of the Brocken mountain in the Harz. The former border to West Germany was... (more)

Late afternoon departure from Drei Annen Hohne to the Brocken Mountain.

Afternoon train heads to Drei Annen Hohne after making one of several stops in Wernigrode.

Afternoon train heads to Drei Annen Hohne after making one of several stops in Wernigrode.

Plandamph doubleheaded freight heads north late in the afternoon heading back to Eisenach, Germany.

Train heading to the Brocken Mountain passes through the only tunnel on the Harz mountain narrow guage.

Storming up the valley out of Wernigerode, a steam powered passenger train heads to Drei Annen Hohne.

One of the powerful tank engines of the HSB bursts out of the tree lined tracks into a patch of sunshine at Drei Annen Hohne en route to the Brocken mountain.

The 99 7234 is leaving Nordhausen tender first. Today, only one steam train is departing from this station. Most of the HSB steam activity is now located at the other end of the Harzquerbahn at We... (more)

In February 1993 it was still possible to witness the daily double departure of two steam trains from Alexisbad. On the left, 99 7245 is on its way to Hasselfelde. On the right 2-6-2T number 21 is... (more)

The HSB 99 7232 is undergoing some reparations in the Wernigerode Westerntor workshop. The locomotive has got a brand new smokebox. The profiles of the complete wheelset has also been turned. Plea... (more)