2 Nordhausen Bahnhofplatz with a tram waiting for trade.
3 The fancy HSB station at Nordhausen, thankfully not destroyed by the RAF.
4 The road up to Nordhausen HSB depot.
5 99 7232 was the loco for the day. Seems to be making a good job of covering itself and the town in dirt.
6 99 7232 on shed at Nordhausen.
7 Standard to narrow gauge road with rollboeckes waiting their next use.
8 Nordhausen HSB depot.
9 Not sure of the origin of the tender tank but it looks old.
10 At Nordhausen the loco drops its ash over plain track rather than into a pit. A grab is then used to clear the ash away.
11 99 7232 and the ash clearing grab which is also used to coal the loco.
12 Nordhausen's standard gauge and long closed roundhouse.
13 Nordhausen HSB depot.
14 HSB 2-10-2t 99 7232 waits off shed time at Nordhausen.
15 An old crane, seemingly, no longer in use.
16 Looking north at Nordhausen shed with pink rollboeckes on the left and a diesel loco which has seen better times on the right.
17 More ash to clear...
18 99 7232 at Nordhausen depot.
19 2-10-2t 99 7232 and mobile grab.
20 Blower on...
21 Not the right fuel for this beast....
22 Out of service diesels at Nordhausen DB depot.
23 Nordhausen HSB shed has a turntable capable of turning a 2-10-2t.
24 A dead Harz Camel at Nordhausen shed, this one being 199 877.
25 99 7232 leads the 10:24 from Nordhausen to Brocken into Niedersachswerfen.
26 99 7232 in Niedersachswerfen.
27 In rapidly worsening light 2-10-2t 99 7232 heads the 10:24 from Nordhausen out of Ilfeld.
28 The 10:24 from Nordhausen rolls into Eisfelder Talmühle.
29 Leaving Eisfelder Talmühle the Wernigerode and Stiege lines run parallel for a short distance. Sadly the days of steam "parallelfahrt" are long gone but this was OK! 99 7232 heads the train from Nordhausen up the Harzquerbahn whilst, on the left, is railcar 187 013 forming the 11:05 from Eisfelder Talmühle to Quedlinburg heads off to the Selketalbahn.
30 Climbing out of the valley at Sorge in the rain is the 10:24 from Nordhausen behind 99 7232.
31 A bit closer and in colour.
32 99 7232 drifts the last few metres up the grade into Elend.
33 99 7232, having arrived from Nordhausen, takes water at Drei Annen.
34 99 7232 heads away from Drei Annen Hohne with the 12:40 to Eisfelder Talmühle.
35 Pre-war 2-10-2t 99 222 sets off from Drei Annen for the Brocken with the 10:24 from Nordhausen/11:55 from Wernigerode.
