RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 18, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 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 Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- A town tram arrives Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Then ours, these are Combi trams that run in overhead in town and a small Diesel engine on the HSB as far as Ilfeld Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- You can sit and watch through the front. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- A connecting HSB Railcar now takes over, once the drivers have had a chat. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Again you get a good view over the drivers shoulder. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- We now arrived at Eisfelder Talmuhle and crossed the Nordhausen service Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- and swapped crew with this so I assume it was heading for Nordhausen too. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Leaving Eisfelder Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Useful hint, there's a toilet by the far cab on the right Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Good headlights too Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Finally back at Westerntor at 8:20 pm Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Drei Annen Hohne to Nordhausen and return to Wernigerode 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2018 Well, if that isn’t a splendid trip you’re having, I don’t know what is! Thanks for sharing! Again you get a good view over the drivers shoulder. 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 18, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 Cheers chaps, I even made the Drei Annen Hohne webcam on Sunday! Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 16/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2018 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. HSB DAY 4 by -salisburyASC- The timetable is available here for summer and winter. So we took a mainline train to Quedlingburg to catch the 10:30 to Alexisbad. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Quedlingburg 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 7236, our loco all day, arrives. Harzer 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 Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Arriving at Alexisbad we connected with the Railcar to Harzgerode but we missed that short branch to concentrate on steam haulage. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- black point levers have to be changed but the yellow ones can be trailed through. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- It's all very relaxed and no one minds where you wander as long as it's not in front of a moving train. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Running round Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Quedlingburg to Alexisbad 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Heading back to Gernrode Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- This is a crossing working signal, the top light illuminates when the barriers are down. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Much more deciduous woodland on this bit Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- The road there is fairly level! Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- The sun and smoke made for some incredible images Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Back at Gernrode the train shunts away and we went to get lunch. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Alexisbad to Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Back on the train we now headed to Hasselfelde Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode to Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- We passed the older railcar again at Magdesprung Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode to Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- After Alexisbad we passed a Railcar at Strassberg, as usual the crews stopped for a chat Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode to Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Open countryside on the winding drop into Hasselfelde Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Gernrode to Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- A leisurely runround at Hasselfelde Harzer 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. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer 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 Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- The drop down from Stiege to Eisfelder brings you back into dense pine forest Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Sweeping around the curves at a 'spirited' pace Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Just outside Eisfelder Talmuhle we pass the quarry that is served by standard gauge wagons on rather fetching pink metre gauge rollbocke bogies Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- The line from Wernigerode sweeps in from the left. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- So we amused ourselves Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- The 17.02 arrives half an hour late with our driver tapping his watch and getting an international finger signal in response Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Hasselfelde to Eisfelder Talmuhle 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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! Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Of course the railcars were waiting to connect and we left Alexisbad 10 late! Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Sunset over the Brocken in the distance (middle of pic) Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- Remarkably we arrived back at Quedlingburg on time! Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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. Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- the sunset just got better Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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 Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Eisfelder Talmuhle to Wernigerode 17/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 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 Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 15/09/18 by -salisburyASC- 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2018 Our Hotel had a quiet courtyard one side Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 15/09/18 by -salisburyASC- And the pretty quiet pedestrian high st on the other side of the apartment Harzer Schmalspurbahnen Wernigerode to Brocken 15/09/18 by -salisburyASC- The breakfast room had nice pictures Harzer Schmalspurbahnen the journey home by -salisburyASC- Three pictures from our walk to the station Harzer Schmalspurbahnen the journey home by -salisburyASC- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen the journey home by -salisburyASC- The castle HSB Wernigerode by -salisburyASC- More (ex) Apfelstrudel HSB Wernigerode by -salisburyASC- 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 And lots of the local falling down water, Hasseroder still working on SWMBO for a return trip!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) And lots of the local falling down water, Hasseroder Yes they even gave us a free pizza Edited September 19, 2018 by PaulRhB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 We did the run from Alexibad to Quedlingberg change at Gemrode for a railcar, but got the 2-6-2t instead of the railcar Alexibad running round it's train at Gemrode waiting to depart Gemrode running round at Quedlingberg Ray 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2018 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian daniels Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) 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. Edited September 19, 2018 by brian daniels 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 19, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2018 We looked at the later train that just made a connection at Quedlingburg but deccided to play it safe and had a 50 minute wait but as it was a nice day it was fine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 20, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) 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) Edited September 20, 2018 by PaulRhB 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 Schierke? Stiege! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted September 20, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 Schierke? Stiege!Yep auto correct as I've typed Schierke too many times! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) I've modified the HSB map to include the Sud Harz in brown including the distances. map copyright HSB https://www.hsb-wr.de/mehr-erfahren/streckennetz/ Edited October 14, 2018 by PaulRhB 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2018 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. 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. And here is the eastern abutment. We were awaiting the passage of the 11.55 from Wernigerode to Eisfelder Talmühle, and here she is approaching the crossing. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2018 A rather ordinary video. Vids are not my speciality 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted October 14, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2018 Shows how lucky we were to have sunny weather only a couple of days later Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSX2004 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Nice photos. Next month I´ll travel to Berlin,maybe I´ll pay a visit to the Harz system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted January 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9, 2019 Found this photo on Facebook, showing a slight incident with 99 7237-3 on Monday near Steinerne Renne. Have Heljan started making HSB locos?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 9, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2019 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!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 17, 2019 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. It’s by Cewe and there’s an app to assemble it on the phone I upped the price by including several pages of reference shots for scenery I took. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted January 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2019 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted January 18, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2019 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 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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