RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 14, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2017 Schierke today, between Drei Annen Hohne and Brocken on the Harzquerbahn. Schierke 99 7245 Brocken to Schierke 6th Aug 92 C17454 Schierke 199 871 Schierke to Brocken 6th Aug 92 C17455 Schierke 199 874 Schierke to Brocken 6th Aug 92 C17456 Schierke line to Drei Annen Hohne 6th Aug 92 C17460 Schierke 6th Aug 92 C17462 David 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 15, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2017 Nordhausen today, the southern terminus of the Harzquerbahn. Nordhausen station building 7th Aug 92 C17492 Nordhausen 7th Aug 92 C17511 Nordhausen 199 011 7th Aug 92 C17516 Nordhausen 199 301 7th Aug 92 C17517 Nordhausen NWE 21 and Class 199 7th Aug 92 C17519 David 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 16, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2017 Eisfelder Talmuhle again today. Eisfelder Talmuhle 99 7234 7th Aug 92 C17535 Eisfelder Talmuhle 99 7234 Eisfeldr Talmuhle to Harzgerode 7th Aug 92 C17539 Eisfelder Talmuhle left to Wernigerode right to Stiege 7th Aug 92 C17543 Eisfelder Talmuhle 7th Aug 92 C17544 Eisfelder Talmuhle 7th Aug 92 C17545 David 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2017 C17543 Those lengths of rail look dangerously close to fouling the line, or are they fixed down to hold the curve? Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted March 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2017 Hi. They look as if they have just been left there, either just before or just after some re-railing work. Best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 16, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2017 C17543 Those lengths of rail look dangerously close to fouling the line, or are they fixed down to hold the curve? Keith Hi. They look as if they have just been left there, either just before or just after some re-railing work. Best regards, Rob. They were indeed just lying there. At the time the former East Germany had a somewhat different attitude towards Health and Safety. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Vecchio Posted March 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 17, 2017 When we consider the speed of the trains and the specific weight of steel (approximately 7.85g/mm3) I do not see a big problem of the rails being moved by the slipstream... OK, may be I have grown up in a time before extreme H&S measures... Vecchio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Jamieson Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 The German name for these cars is Rollwagen or Rollböcke. You find them at companies like Glöckner or Weinert (and they have the price of a small locomotive....) These are Rollwagen - although serving the same purpose, Rollböcke were two-axle trucks, each carrying a single axle of a SG wagon. They were also used in the Harz, but only for short distance traffic e.g. from Wernigerode to serve the various factory sidings as far as Hasserode and also, I presume, from Nordhausen to the various sidings within the town, but I spent very little time at that end of the line so I can't speak from personal observation. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Netzburg today. No it isn't, it is by the Behre viaduct near Ilfeld Many thanks to Bill Jamieson for the information. The Behre viaduct near Ilfeld is the nearest place to the level crossing just to the north of Ilfeld, which is between Eisfelder Talmuhle and Nordhausen. There is also a photo at Nordhausen. Level crossing by the Behre viaduct near Ilfeld 99 7222 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 6th Aug 92 C17484 Level crossing by the Behre viaduct near Ilfeld 99 7222 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 6th Aug 92 C17485 Level crossing by the Behre viaduct near Ilfeld 99 7222 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 6th Aug 92 C17486 Behre viaduct near Ilfeld 99 7222 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 6th Aug 92 C17487 Nordhausen 7th Aug 92 C17494 David Edited March 17, 2017 by DaveF 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 What is that contraption in the last photo? Looks like a steam loco tender, but is it welded to the wagon chassis and are those seats or just guard rails? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Jamieson Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 What is that contraption in the last photo? Looks like a steam loco tender, but is it welded to the wagon chassis and are those seats or just guard rails? According to the Transpress book "Harzquer- und Brockenbahn" (1990 edition), it was indeed an old tender, mounted on Rollwagen No. 99 06 71, and served as a water carrier for the fire-fighting train (dient als Wasserwagen für Feuerlöschzug). Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Thank you Bill, I'd forgotten I have a later edition of that book - but your German is much better than mine! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Jamieson Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Netzburg today. Netzburg is the nearest place to the level crossing just to the north of Ilfeld, which is between Eisfelder Talmuhle and Nordhausen. Dave, I'll happily be proved wrong, but I've never come across this location being called Netzburg before. There is a hill called the Netzberg on the west side of the line a bit to the north, but usually the location is referred to as "the Behre viaduct near Ilfeld". Until 1924 there was a coal mine very close by (is it not a 'heritage' site these days? - it's a few years since I've travelled over the line and my memory is a bit hazy) - the Steinkohlengrube " Wentzelzeche Teutschenthal" but that would be a bit of a mouthful! Cheers, Bill PS No, it looks to be another old mine nearer Netzkater that is now a tourist attraction. Edited March 17, 2017 by Bill Jamieson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) Dave, I'll happily be proved wrong, but I've never come across this location being called Netzburg before. There is a hill called the Netzberg on the west side of the line a bit to the north, but usually the location is referred to as "the Behre viaduct near Ilfeld". Until 1924 there was a coal mine very close by (is it not a 'heritage' site these days? - it's a few years since I've travelled over the line and my memory is a bit hazy) - the Steinkohlengrube " Wentzelzeche Teutschenthal" but that would be a bit of a mouthful! Cheers, Bill PS No, it looks to be another old mine nearer Netzkater that is now a tourist attraction. Bill, Many thanks for the information, I'm amending the captions. At the time there was no one about to ask the name. My hotel was in Braunlage and of course the people there didn't know the name. I never thought of looking in my book on the Harzer Schmalspur Bahn (Ziegelgansberger and Roper), Transpress as mentioned in post 812 That day was my only visit to that part of the railway so I don't really know the area at all well. David Edited March 17, 2017 by DaveF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Jamieson Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 You're welcome, David. All the best, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 18, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2017 A few more photos from Gernrode today. Gernrode 99 7232 9th Aug 92 C17710 Gernrode 9th Aug 92 C17714 Gernrode 199 870 9th Aug 92 C17715 Gernrode 99 6102 9th Aug 92 C17716 Gernrode 9th Aug 92 C17718 David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Jamieson Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Very unusual - indeed possibly unique - to see a loco working bunker first out of Gernrode. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 19, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2017 I have visitors today so the photos are very early. Alexisbad today. Alexisbad 99 7240 Harzgerode to Eisfelder talmuhle 7th Aug 82 C17558 Alexisbad 99 7240 Harzgerode to Eisfelder talmuhle 7th Aug 82 C17559 Alexisbad 7th Aug 82 C17561 Alexisbad 99 7232 Eisfelder Talmuhle to Harzgerode 7th Aug 92 C17567 Alexisbad 99 7232 Eisfelder Talmuhle to Harzgerode 7th Aug 92 C17568 David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 20, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2017 More photos taken at Harzgerode today. Harzgerode 997232 Harzgerode to Eisfelder Talmuhle 7th Aug 92 C17576 Harzgerode 997232 7th Aug 92 C17577 Harzgerode 997232 Harzgerode to Eisfelder Talmuhle 7th Aug 92 C17578 Harzgerode 997232 Harzgerode to Eisfelder Talmuhle 7th Aug 92 C17580 Harzgerode Class 99 7th Aug 92 C17882 David 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 21, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2017 Still in the Harz, Drei Annen Hohne today. Drei Annen Hohne ballast wagons on transporter wagons 6th Aug 92 C17478 Drei Annen Hohne 199 892 southbound freight 6th Aug 92 C17480 Drei Annen Hohne 199 877 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 8th Aug 92 C17626 Drei Annen Hohne 99 7239 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 8th Aug 92 C17635 Drei Annen Hohne 99 7239 Wernigerode to Nordhausen 8th Aug 92 C17636 David 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 22, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2017 A standard gauge today with DB trains at Bad Harzburg. Bad Harzburg 8th Aug 92 C17607 Bad Harzburg 8th Aug 92 C17608 Bad Harzburg 218 908 Soltau to Bad Harzburg 8th Aug 92 C17609 Bad Harzburg 614 081 Gottingen to Bad Harzburg 8th Aug 92 C17610 Bad Harzburg 218 908 8th Aug 92 C17611 Bad Harzburg 614 081 and 614 082 8th Aug 92 C17612 David 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 218 908 is one of the former gas turbine locos (converted from class 210), which as sub-class 218.9 tended to be rather elusive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 23, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2017 Just a short distance from Bad Harzburg is Goslar, where we are for today's photos. The 218.9 is the one we saw yesterday. Goslar 218 906 eastbound 8th Aug 92 C17615 Goslar 218 265 and 290 159 8th Aug 92 C17616 Goslar 218 906 eastbound 8th Aug 92 C17617 Goslar 614 067 8th Aug 92 C17619 Goslar view west 8th Aug 92 C17620 David 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted March 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2017 Another view of the short semaphore under the canopy at Goslar, which was still there in 2014 (as were the 218s, although I'm not sure whether they still are!): 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted March 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2017 Nice shots of familiar places. Those of the Harz are particularly relevent to me at the moment for two reasons. First, I'm currently working on making some cine film I took there in 1988 into a digital film, I'll share it when finished. Second, I'm building a G-scale model based on the Harz and the station shots are really usefull. Any more station building shots would be fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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