Once in a lifetime conditions on the Brocken, again....
1 Short cut, but how deep is the snow?
2 Fairly deep then....
3 Harz Mountains view.
4 Off down the road.
5 99 7237 lays a fair bit of smoke crossing Goethemor with the 09:40 Wernigerode to Brocken train.
6 And into the curve.
7 Goethemor.
8 I think there is a train coming....
9 99 7237 hauls the 09:40 ex Wernigerode towards it destination.
10 99 7237 and train a little closer to the summit.
11 The 09:40 from Wernigerode passes the Witches Altar on the Broken.
12 A touch of silver glint from 99 7237.
13 Yep, deep snow on Goethemor.
14 Stu finds a hole....
15 Looking back towards the summit.
16 99 7232 passes Goetheweg with the 10:25 from Wernigerode.
17 99 7237, having reversed its train out of Goetheweg passing siding sets off down the hill with the 11:36 from Brocken to Wernigerode.
18 Roland and Stu catch up at Goetheweg.
19 Looking downhill.
20 99 7235 climbs towards Goetheweg with the 12:00 from Drei Annen Hohne to Brocken.
21 The increasingly frequently run Wernigerode to Brocken Tradszug heads uphill behind 99 5902.
22 99 5902 climbs towards Goetheweg and the Brocken.
23 Looking uphill.
24 99 7239 blasts up the 1 in 30 between Eckerloch and Goetheweg with the 10:24 Nordhausen to Brocken train.
25 After a hard walk in wet snow there wasn't quite enough time to get to the planned spot. However, in a new clearing in the trees at Eckerloch 99 7232 leads the 13:39 from Drei Annen Hohne towards the Brocken.
26 Looking into the hairpin at Eckerloch.
27 An unexpected extra, in the path of the seasonal 13:25 from Wernigerode, is lead into Eckerloch cruve by 99 7247.
28 Tree clearance near Eckerloch.
29 99 7239 rolls downhill between Eckerloch and Shierke with the delayed 13:59 from Brocken.
30 Crossing vapour trails above Bobbahn.
31 The popular Bobbahn sledging route.
32 Dropping downhill near the Bobbahn crossing, if the timetable hadn't gone to pieces this would have been an uphill train in lovely light.....
33 Next down was the Mallet hauled Tradszug. Then the light failed....
34 The much delayed 14:55 from Wernigerode at Shierke.
