99 222 is heading the 2nd passenger train to the Brocken on this beautiful winter day. The train has just passed the level crossing east of Schierke. The footprints in the snow beside the tack are... (more)

Warm late afternoon light bathes 99 7243-1 as it snakes its way through a series of S-curves leading to Schierke, the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen's last stop before the summit of the Brocken.

Steamlocomotive 99 # 7235 of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) with a Tanago photo freight on the Brocken line near Alte Bobbahn grade crossing.

2-10-2 steamlocomotive 99 # 7235 of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) with a charter freight on the Brocken line near the Brockenstrasse grade crossing. The 600 HP locomotive on 1 meter gauge is p... (more)

Metre gauge 2-10-2T No 99 7232 climbs towards Brocken with the 1025 from Wernigerode. This photo was taken from a downhill train which is in a siding to let the uphill pass by.

A passenger train of the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen on its way to the Brocken - the summit of the Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt

Charging upgrade with all of it's 750 horsepower, the 55 year-old 2-10-2T has its train cruising at about 25 miles per hour. The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways is something worth seeing if over in Ger... (more)

this train has just come down from the "Brocken" mountain

Engineer's side. I spent the entire day on board with the crew and actually "ran" this engine.