The last train of the day will soon reach Brocken train station to enable a visit to the highest mountain in northern Germany with a steam-powered narrow-gauge railway - only a few meters are stil... (more)

The crew of the 99-7232 is getting the orders and the travel documents from the Eisferder Talmühle station master.

Just arrived on the Brocken (1142 meters over sealevel): Steamloc is running to the rear of the train for departure downhill to Wernigerode

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 to the Brocken summit wit... (more)

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)

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)