A steam train on the 1000mm narrow gauge Brocken railway from Wernigerode to the summit of the Brocken mountain, Germany

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Built in 1954, this so called new steam engine was a very close copy of the standard locomotive built in the 1930's. 99 7243 pulls a passenger train up the 1 in 30 climb along the former East-West German border to the Brocken Peak, a height of 1125m, the highest of the Harz mountains. This 1000mm narrow gauge railway travels from Wernigerode to the top of the Brocken. The Peak of the Brocken was a military base which has only been open to the public for a relatively short time. Until reunification, the mountain was off limiys to all but the Soviet Army.

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Size: 5327px × 3542px
Location: Brocken Railway, Germany
Photo credit: © Jim Tampin / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1000mm, army, brocken, gauge, german, germany, germany., herz, line, , metre, mountain, mountains, narrow, national, park, railway, soviet, steam, summit, train, unification, wernigerode