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Steam only does one round trip a day from Nordhausen so we needed to take a tram and Railcar to get back to Wernigerode

 

 

 

Bahnhofsplatz, the line on the left joins into the HSB

 

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A town tram arrives

 

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Then ours, these are Combi trams that run in overhead in town and a small Diesel engine on the HSB as far as Ilfeld

 

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You can sit and watch through the front.

 

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A connecting HSB Railcar now takes over, once the drivers have had a chat.

 

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Again you get a good view over the drivers shoulder.

 

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We now arrived at Eisfelder Talmuhle and crossed the Nordhausen service

 

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and swapped crew with this so I assume it was heading for Nordhausen too.

 

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Leaving Eisfelder

 

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Useful hint, there's a toilet by the far cab on the right ;)

 

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Good headlights too

 

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Finally back at Westerntor at 8:20 pm

 

30860100128_d7f762bf37_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

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Well, if that isn’t a splendid trip you’re having, I don’t know what is! :yes: Thanks for sharing!

 

Again you get a good view over the drivers shoulder. 44012711204_18f69806d0_b.jpg

 

Ah, so they use the same basic Tatonka rucksack available to us Leipzig tram jockeys, ours coming with a different logo patch on it, obviously. :yes:

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Day 4

 

The Selketalbahn.

 

This is joined to the Harzquerbahn at Eisfelder Talmuhle but the connections make catching the steam service to travel around the whole line impossible.

 

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The timetable is available here for summer and winter.

 

So we took a mainline train to Quedlingburg to catch the 10:30 to Alexisbad.

 

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7236, our loco all day, arrives.

 

43838820255_b270592298_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

Quedlingburg town is very nice but the station is a bit tired with a fair bit of graffiti

 

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We loped along the old standard gauge formation to Gernrode where a S curve takes you onto the traditional start of the Selketal line.

 

This line is much more up and down and varied but a 2-10-2 on four coaches romps along with minimal effort.

 

30877348538_f9734c9702_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

42937992410_38ef35edb7_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

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Arriving at Alexisbad we connected with the Railcar to Harzgerode but we missed that short branch to concentrate on steam haulage.

 

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black point levers have to be changed but the yellow ones can be trailed through.

 

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It's all very relaxed and no one minds where you wander as long as it's not in front of a moving train.

 

44698550012_fcfd57504d_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

Running round

 

44747813451_771c08380f_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

Heading back to Gernrode

 

30877523558_a16099c07b_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

42938203780_e156a1467b_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

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This is a crossing working signal, the top light illuminates when the barriers are down.

 

30877476478_ed66a251fc_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

Much more deciduous woodland on this bit

 

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44748003221_14815c58f6_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

The road there is fairly level!

 

44698674092_5af969f798_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

The sun and smoke made for some incredible images

 

30877459848_9ee5abfc76_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

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Back at Gernrode the train shunts away and we went to get lunch.

 

29810929357_74e856cb13_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

 

 

44747896051_83771d57d4_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

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The shed was bare, 6001 the unique 2-6-2 usually lives here but was either at Westerntor works or away visiting other lines again.

 

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Back on the train we now headed to Hasselfelde

 

43839196825_f51dda3099_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

43839197405_151d80b330_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode to Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

We passed the older railcar again at Magdesprung

 

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After Alexisbad we passed a Railcar at Strassberg, as usual the crews stopped for a chat ;)

 

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Open countryside on the winding drop into Hasselfelde

 

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A leisurely runround at Hasselfelde

 

44753685431_333d44651f_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

There are a few historical bits an pieces by the old loco shed. There's usually one of the stored 2-10-2's in there but the windows were too dirty to tell.

 

30883230138_af21534d69_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

44753687161_b183dd6ff6_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

Ready to head to Eisfelder Talmuhle

 

By this time we were the only three on the train so the guard wasn't bothering to do the usual regular ticket checks

 

43844735625_d86f225580_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

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The drop down from Stiege to Eisfelder brings you back into dense pine forest

 

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Sweeping around the curves at a 'spirited' pace ;)

 

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Just outside Eisfelder Talmuhle we pass the quarry that is served by standard gauge wagons on rather fetching pink metre gauge rollbocke bogies

 

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The line from Wernigerode sweeps in from the left.

 

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Our guard apologised because the Nordhausen train was late due to a fire blocking the line. We assured her it was no problem as we could catch a later mainline connection.

 

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So we amused ourselves

 

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The 17.02 arrives half an hour late with our driver tapping his watch and getting an international finger signal in response :)

 

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Now as mentioned our driver did spirited running quite well so the ascent of the bank all the way to Stiege was spectacular! You'd think he had 8 on up the Brocken. The runround at Stiege was explosive (I'll add the snippet of video I caught later)

 

We left Stiege 22 late!

 

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Of course the railcars were waiting to connect and we left Alexisbad 10 late!

 

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the lack of photos is mostly due to hanging off the back and listening to a steam equivalent of Ride of the Valkyries :)

 

 

 

Magdesprung, most station stops were now about 10 seconds long.

 

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Sunset over the Brocken in the distance (middle of pic)

 

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Remarkably we arrived back at Quedlingburg on time!

 

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But while the HSB had delivered in spades the HEX service was cancelled and just said rail replacement bus on the scrolling screen.

 

No staff, no signs, nothing so we waited out the front and an anonymous green bus turned up which turned out to be going to Halberstadt. A bunch of equally confused locals joined us.

 

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the sunset just got better

 

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At Halberstadt again no sign of staff and while there was one train to Wernigerode the second was cancelled so we were doubly thanking the HSB crew for the spectacular run back as there was no way the next bus would have got us there in time!

 

 

 

Safely back at Wernigerode

 

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So three superb days of riding the HSB and only HEX mainline caused any problem.

 

211 miles of narrow gauge steam haulage and 37 miles by NG tram and Railcar, not bad for a €86 HSB 3 day pass.

 

It was time for more Apfelstrudel but too dark for you to see it ;)

 

30859789058_2b47f6fd84_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 15/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

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Our Hotel had a quiet courtyard one side

 

42920625600_af516be59b_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 15/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

And the pretty quiet pedestrian high st on the other side of the apartment

 

42920653730_4f1bf510dd_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 15/09/18 by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

The breakfast room had nice pictures

 

44060743844_800ea4a053_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen the journey home by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

Three pictures from our walk to the station

 

44780307521_2407f48edf_b.jpgHarzer Schmalspurbahnen the journey home by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

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The castle

 

29843508537_aca2a09e72_b.jpgHSB Wernigerode by -salisburyASC-

 

 

 

 

 

More (ex) Apfelstrudel ;)

 

43870306755_0ac8111904_b.jpgHSB Wernigerode by -salisburyASC-

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6001 was nowhere to be seen and we only saw two of the mallets so I assume they are either having heavy maintenance at Westerntor or flying the flag elsewhere as I've seen a few pics of 6001 on tour in the last couple of years. I doubt many other lines would want the 2-10-2's unbending their railway ;)

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When we got to Hasselfelde earlier last week they had the shed doors open so could see 99.7244 inside. And 99.6001 was in Westerntor for repairs. We too had a rail replacement bus when we were going from Wernigerode to Quedlinburg. The train was 10 late to Halberstadt and they let the branch train go. No probs as we had plenty of time. But the next branch train was cancelled and a bus that never made the steam turn by 25 minutes which put a spanner in the works as the next HSB train was 3 hours later! So we ended up doing the branches by unit, oh well will just have to go back and do them again with steam.

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On the Brocken there's a siding on the level that an up or down train can drop into to let the other train pass.

 

Here's a Brocken bound service heading past while we are sat in the siding.

 

 

 

 

99 222 the original 2-10-2 got there a bit early and we had to pass the train in the siding from a standing start, you'll hear the safety valves popping too

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing by the smokebox leaving Schierke on the way down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

99 7236 heading for Hasselfelde

 

 

 

 

7236 again storming up the hill towards Stiege to make up time. He did too turning a 29 min late start at Eisfelder Talmuhle into an ontime arrival at Quedlingburg

 

 

 

 

And saving more time running round 'briskly'

 

 

 

 

And for comparison I've reloaded the full run on my layout in HD (hopefully)

 

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Sherry had posted that pic of her crusty old husband standing by the track with the family jam-jar in the background. We were very close to the former Sud Harz line from Brunnenbachsmühle to Tanne. This is looking back along the trackbed towards the former. 

 

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And here are the remains of the western abutment of the bridge that carried the line over the Harzquerbahn. The fence between the two parts of Germany ran across the road here, hence the bridge being destroyed. 

 

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And here is the eastern abutment. 

 

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We were awaiting the passage of the 11.55 from Wernigerode to Eisfelder Talmühle, and here she is approaching the crossing. 

 

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Yes I was sent that and fortunately it was the con rod rather than the connecting rod! I wonder if they got air as it happened?

I had the banana link drop off on a 7 ¼ Tinkerbell once and that lifted the loco up about 6in but fortunately only the rear pony didn’t land back in the rails! It was quite exciting!!!!! ;)

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I’ve collected my photos from the 2018 trip into a photobook. I went for the large premium version so it was a tad expensive but you can do nice ones forcaround £30-£40. Makes a great souvenir of the holiday though.

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It’s by Cewe and there’s an app to assemble it on the phone

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I upped the price by including several pages of reference shots for scenery I took.

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We, the Basingstoke Bodgers, have photo books of all the photos we took during filming of the Great Model Railway Challenge, plus around Fawley Hill. It is a nice memento of our efforts, and shows a lot more than was seen on the TV. Again, not cheap, but worth it for special occasions. Also, maybe ours is not as special as your trip. I will get there one day.

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It is and subtlety different from British lines because of the mix of railcars with the main tourist trains and the Selketalbahn is more like an old country branch. The Selketal retains an element of what it was always like in that crews don’t seem to worry about a little extra chat on stops as you can make up time in the next section. Wernigerode to Brocken is very much the modern timekeeping railway in comparison.

That very variety makes it special and I’d certainly recommend the way we did it with Brocken first followed by the quieter Nordhausen and Quedlingburg runs. Best tip I had was starting the Selketal from Quedlingburg as it allows a full day by steam ;)

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