Bill Jamieson
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Hi Bill, I just found your Pics of the Selktalbahn on Paul’s Sud Harz Thread. Very inspirational. I first visited Alexisbad in 1981 sadly on a Sunday when not much Freight was travelling around. As I model the line in G in the Garden I am always in the lookout for Train Formations with Freight and other items to add to my admittedly liberty taking scenes. One of your Pics of Alexisbad shows the Wooden Framed Building just the Gernrode side of the former Buffet that I have been wishing to build for some time now, I think that your Pic will enable me to make a stab at it. Also noting that some of your Pics show 6102. She and 6101 were at Wernigerode during the time of my visit in February 1981 so were your pics taken around 79 or so? They must have transferred her by Rollwagen as needed I guess. Interesting that would make a great pic. But NG Locs were generally used to Big Works visits at Gorditz so would make sense to move the smaller Locs between Wernigerode and Gernrode as required.
john Dunford.
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Hi John,
Glad to hear that you've found my Selketalbahn photos useful. The shots of 99 6102 on the Fotocommunity site were taken in September 1977 and May 1985. I know that 99 6101 was also in use on the Selketalbahn in 1977 (probably because of the derailment involving 99 5901 near the level crossing between Alexisbad and Harzgerode) although I didn't see it myself that year. Transfer of locos between Gernrode and Wernigerode would have taken place fairly regularly when they needed attention at Westerntor works between main visits to Goerlitz. Presumably the same standard-gauge flatbed wagons with fixed rails at the correct gauge as were used for transport to and from Goerlitz also saw use for Gernrode - Wernigerode moves - at least until late 1983 when the Stiege to Strassberg section was reopened.
I have plenty more photographs of the line than appear on Fotocommunity but I've hardly posted anything there for a couple of years now - too busy with other things! I expect I will eventually do so again but it won't be in the immediate future.
All the best,
Bill
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