Des Res.
There can be few more agreeable places to live in Europe than this little street on the outskirts of Wernigerode! Why settle for general road traffic of cars, buses and trucks when you can have the added pleasure of 60 tonne 2-10-2 metre gauge tank engines and their eight coach trains.
Here 1930s built 99.222, a precurser to the numerous later examples, eases it's early morning train away from Hochschule Harz halt. Shortly after here the climbing begins which will see the loco drag it's train to 1100m above sea level at the top of The Brocken'.
Des Res.
There can be few more agreeable places to live in Europe than this little street on the outskirts of Wernigerode! Why settle for general road traffic of cars, buses and trucks when you can have the added pleasure of 60 tonne 2-10-2 metre gauge tank engines and their eight coach trains.
Here 1930s built 99.222, a precurser to the numerous later examples, eases it's early morning train away from Hochschule Harz halt. Shortly after here the climbing begins which will see the loco drag it's train to 1100m above sea level at the top of The Brocken'.