The metre gauge Brocken railway with one of the steam engines built in 1954 climbs to the top of the Brocken, mountain, Germany

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One of the so called new steam engines built in 1954, a close copy of the standard locomotives built in the 1930's. 99 7241 hauls a passenger train on the 1000mm narrow gauge line up the 1 in 30 clime from Wernigerode, Germany, along the former East-West Germany border to the summit of the Brocken mountain (1125m) . The peak of the Brocken, the highest in the Harz Mountains, was a military base which has only been open to the public for a relatively short time. Until reunification the peak was off limits to all but the Soviet Army.

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Size: 5327px × 3450px
Location: Brocken Railway, Germany
Photo credit: © Jim Tampin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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