Scenic route
Harzquerbahn
Nordhausen → Drei Annen Hohne · Germany
- Distance
- 46 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h
- Top speed
- 50 km/h
- Operator
- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen
- Train
- Class 99 2-10-2T steam
- Countries
- Germany
- In service since
- 1897
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · 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.
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