125 years of the Harzquer- and Brockenbahn

A railway across the Harz Mountains was planned as early as the 1960s. However, the projects were not realised due to the difficult route over the mountains and the associated high costs. It was not until 1896 that the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (NWE) was founded in Berlin. The lines of the Harzquerbahn and Brockenbahn were completed in an incredibly short time. On 27 March 1899, the Mallet steam locomotives, which are still familiar today, opened for service. Celebrate 125 years of the Harzquer and Brockenbahn with us. The "biggest of the small". Exactly 125 years later, on 27 March 2024, two special trains, which were combined into one train in Drei-Annen-Hohne, travelled from Nordhausen and Wernigerode to the highest mountain in northern Germany, the Brocken.

This car will now be seen alongside steam locomotive 99 222 on the Harz narrow gauge railway network in the anniversary year. The standard locomotive, which is also known as "Mum", will be supplied with two anniversary stickers for the water tanks, with which the 99 222 model can be equipped. The large model of the 99 222 will also have these labels on the two water tanks at times during the anniversary year.