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Harz Narrow Gauge Railways

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The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (German: Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) is a railway company that operates a metre-gauge network in the Harz mountains, in central Germany (formerly East Germany). [1]

70 relations: Articulated locomotive, Blankenburg (Harz), Bogie, Braunlage, Brocken, Brocken Railway, Bundesanzeiger, Combino, Compound locomotive, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany), DR Class 99.23-24, DR Class V 100, Drei Annen Hohne station, DRG Class 99.22, East Germany, Einheitslokomotive, Eisfelder Talmühle, Euro, Frose–Quedlinburg railway, Germany, Gernrode, Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company, Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GHE T 1, Halberstadt, Harz, Harz Railway, Harzgerode, Hasselfelde, Heritage railway, HK 94–100, Hybrid train, Ilfeld, Lower Saxony, Mallet locomotive, Mägdesprung, Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works, Metre-gauge railway, Neubaulokomotive, Nordhausen, Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company, NWE No. 21, NWE Nos. 11 to 22, NWE Nos. 6 and 7, NWE T 1 to 3, Overhead line, Passenger car (rail), Prussian T 20, ..., Quedlinburg, Rail freight transport, Railbus, Railcar, Rübeland Railway, Saxony-Anhalt, Selke (river), Selke Valley Railway, South Harz Railway, Soviet occupation zone, Standard-gauge railway, Steam locomotive, Tank locomotive, Tram, Trams in Nordhausen, Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt, Transporter wagon, Wernigerode, World War II, 2-10-2. Expand index (20 more) »

Articulated locomotive

The term "articulated locomotive" usually means a steam locomotive with one or more engine units which can move independent of the main frame.

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Blankenburg (Harz)

Blankenburg (Harz) is a town and health resort in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the north foot of the Harz Mountains, southwest of Halberstadt.

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Bogie

A bogie (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework carrying wheelsets, attached to a vehicle, thus serving as a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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Braunlage

Braunlage is a town and health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany.

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Brocken

The Brocken, also sometimes referred to as the Blocksberg, is the highest peak of the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak of Northern Germany; it is located near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe.

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Brocken Railway

The Brocken Railway (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.

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Bundesanzeiger

The Bundesanzeiger is an official publication of the Federal Republic of Germany published by the German department of Justice with a scope similar to that of the Federal Register in the United States.

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Combino

The Combino is a low-floor tram produced by Siemens Mobility (formerly DUEWAG).

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Compound locomotive

A compound locomotive is a steam locomotive which is powered by a compound engine, a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.

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Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG (abbreviated as DB, DB AG or DBAG) is a German railway company.

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Deutsche Reichsbahn

The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the name of the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire.

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Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)

The Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR (German Reich Railways) was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), and after German reunification until 31 December 1993.

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DR Class 99.23-24

The engines of DR Class 99.23 are metre gauge steam locomotives, that were procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in East Germany from 1954 to 1956.

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DR Class V 100

The DR Class V 100 (DR-Baureihe V 100), redesignated the Class 110 in 1970, was a four-axled diesel locomotive for medium duties operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany.

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Drei Annen Hohne station

Drei Annen Hohne station is a branch-off station on the Harz Railway and the Brocken Railway.

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DRG Class 99.22

The three engines of DRG Class 99.22 were standard, narrow gauge locomotives (Einheitsloks) in service with the German Reichsbahn.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Einheitslokomotive

Einheitslokomotive (literally: 'standard locomotive') was the name given to standard classes of German steam locomotives (the Einheitsdampflokomotiven) built from 1925 under the direction of the Deutsche Reichsbahn to certain common designs, and also to standard German electric locomotives (the Einheits-Elektrolokomotiven) produced after 1952 for the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

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Eisfelder Talmühle

Steam train in Eisfelder Talmühle Eisfelder Talmühle is an isolated junction station between the Selketalbahn and the Harz narrow gauge mainline (Harzquerbahn).

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Euro

The euro (sign: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of the European Union.

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Frose–Quedlinburg railway

The Frose–Quedlinburg railway, also called the Balkan ("Balkans") locally, was a standard gauge branch line on the northern rim of the Harz Mountains in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gernrode

Gernrode is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company

The Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) or GHE was a private railway company in Germany that operated the Selke Valley Railway (the line from Gernrode via Hasselfelde and Alexisbad to Harzgerode and the line from Stiege to Eisfelder Talmühle).

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Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

A Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (abbreviated GmbH and also GesmbH in Austria) is a type of legal entity very common in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (where it is equivalent to a société à responsabilité limitée) and Liechtenstein.

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GHE T 1

In 1933 the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (GHE) bought this twin-axled, narrow gauge railbus from Waggonfabrik Dessau and classified it as GHE T 1 within its vehicle fleet.

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Halberstadt

Halberstadt is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the capital of Harz district.

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Harz

The Harz is a Mittelgebirge that has the highest elevations in Northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia.

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Harz Railway

The Harz Railway or Trans-Harz Railway (Harzquerbahn) was formerly the main line of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen or HSB) and runs north to south right across the Harz Mountains from Wernigerode to Nordhausen.

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Harzgerode

Harzgerode is a town in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Hasselfelde

Hasselfelde is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Heritage railway

A heritage railway is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.

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HK 94–100

The HK 94–100 is a series of four-axled, German Mallet locomotives with a track gauge.

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Hybrid train

A hybrid train is a locomotive, railcar or train that uses an onboard rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), placed between the power source (often a diesel engine prime mover) and the traction transmission system connected to the wheels.

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Ilfeld

Ilfeld is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany.

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Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen, Neddersassen) is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany.

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Mallet locomotive

The Mallet locomotive is a type of articulated steam railway locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919).

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Mägdesprung

Mägdesprung is a village in the municipality of Harzgerode in the district of Harz.

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Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works

The Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works (Dampflokwerk Meiningen) is a railway repair shop in Meiningen, Germany.

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Metre-gauge railway

Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.

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Neubaulokomotive

The German term Neubaulokomotive specifically refers to those steam locomotives which were newly designed and built, either for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in West Germany or the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany, after the Second World War.

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Nordhausen

Nordhausen is a city in Thuringia, Germany.

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Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company

The Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company (Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) or NWE was the second railway company to be founded in the Harz mountains in Germany, after the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (Gernroder-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn).

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NWE No. 21

The NWE No.

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NWE Nos. 11 to 22

The Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company incorporated twelve Mallet locomotives into its fleet as Numbers 11 to 22.

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NWE Nos. 6 and 7

NWE Nos.

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NWE T 1 to 3

The four-axled, driving railcars NWE T 1 to 3 were intended to provide more cost-effective railway services for the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft during times of low traffic demand.

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Overhead line

An overhead line or overhead wire is used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains.

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Passenger car (rail)

A passenger car (known as a coach or carriage in the UK, and also known as a bogie in India) is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers.

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Prussian T 20

The German DRG Class 95 was a ten-coupled tank locomotive with a 2-10-2 wheel arrangement, which was procured by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (also referred to later as the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft or DRG) in 1922 for hauling heavy goods trains on steep main lines.

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Quedlinburg

Quedlinburg is a town situated just north of the Harz mountains, in the district of Harz in the west of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Rail freight transport

Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

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Railbus

A railbus is a lightweight passenger rail vehicle that shares many aspects of its construction with a bus, typically having a bus (original or modified) body and four wheels on a fixed base, instead of on bogies.

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Railcar

A railcar, in British English and Australian English, is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.

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Rübeland Railway

The Rübeland Railway (Rübelandbahn) is a railway link from Blankenburg via Rübeland and Königshütte to Tanne in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt,, official: Land Sachsen-Anhalt) is a landlocked federal state of Germany surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia.

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Selke (river)

The Selke is a right-hand tributary of the River Bode that starts in the Harz Mountains before breaking out onto the northeastern Harz Foreland in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Selke Valley Railway

The Selke Valley Railway (Selketalbahn), Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway (Gernroder-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn) and the Anhalt Harz Railway (Anhaltische Harzbahn) were different names for the metre gauge railway in the Lower Harz, Germany, originally owned by the Gernrode-Harzgerode Railway Company (Gernrode-Harzgeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, GHE).

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South Harz Railway

The South Harz Railway (Südharzstrecke or Südharzbahn) is a railway line through the German states of Lower Saxony and Thuringia.

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Soviet occupation zone

The Soviet Occupation Zone (Sovetskaya okkupatsionnaya zona Germanii, "Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany") was the area of central Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on, at the end of World War II.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Tank locomotive

A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.

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Tram

A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

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Trams in Nordhausen

The Nordhausen tramway network (Straßenbahnnetz Nordhausen) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Nordhausen, a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany.

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Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt

Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt (formerly: Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt) is a regional railway company, a subsidiary of Transdev Germany.

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Transporter wagon

A transporter wagon, in railway terminology, is a wagon (UIC) or railroad car (US) designed to carry other railway equipment.

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Wernigerode

Wernigerode is a town in the district of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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2-10-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harz_Narrow_Gauge_Railways

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