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The Brocken Railway (German: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. Steam locomotive 99 7243: It runs from the station of Drei Annen Hohne at 542 m (1,778 ft), where it joins the Harz Railway, via Schierke and the Bode River valley to the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz at 1,141 m (3,743 ft) and part of the Harz National Park.
The Brocken Railway (German: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. Steam locomotive 99 7243: It runs from the station of Drei Annen Hohne at 542 m (1,778 ft), where it joins the Harz Railway, via Schierke and the Bode River valley to the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz at 1,141 m (3,743 ft) and part of the Harz National Park.
Ein Zug der Brockenbahn bei der Querung des Heinrich-Heine-Wanderwegs kurz vor dem Brockengipfel. Die Brockenbahn ist eine hauptsächlich touristisch genutzte, meterspurige Schmalspurbahn der Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB). Sie führt von Drei Annen Hohne an der Harzquerbahn über Schierke zum Brocken. The Brocken Railway (German: Brockenbahn) is one of three tourist metre gauge railways which together with the Harz Railway and Selke Valley Railway form the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways railway network in the Harz mountain range of Germany. It runs from the station of Drei Annen Hohne at 542 m (1,778 ft), where it joins the Harz Railway, via Schierke and the Bode River valley to the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain of the Harz at 1,141 m (3,743 ft) and part of the Harz National Park.
Die Eckertalsperre vom Hirtenstieg auf dem Brocken aus gesehen
Ein Dampfzug der Brockenbahn bei der Einfahrt in den Bahnhof Brocken. Der Bahnhof Brocken ist der Kopfbahnhof am Gipfel des Brocken im Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt. Er ist der Endpunkt der von den Harzer Schmalspurbahnen betriebenen Brockenbahn. Brocken station is the terminus on the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz in central Germany. It lies in the state of Saxony-Anhalt and is the end point of the Brocken Railway operated by the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways.

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