Heritage route
Harzquerbahn
Nordhausen → Drei Annen Hohne · Germany
Harzquerbahn in pictures
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- Distance
- 46 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Average speed
- 23 km/h
- Top speed
- 50 km/h
- Operator
- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
- Train
- Class 99 2-10-2T steam
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1897
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
HSB’s metre-gauge trunk across the Harz: 2-10-2 tank engines storm out of Nordhausen up the Zorge valley to Drei Annen Hohne, the junction where the Brocken steam begins.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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