As early as the 60s of the 19th century, a railway across the Harz Mountains was planned. However, due to the difficult route over the mountains and the associated high costs, the projects were not realized. It was not until 1896 that the Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company (NWE) was founded in Berlin. In an unbelievably short time, the lines of the Harzquer and Brocken Railway were completed. On 27 March 1899, the Mallet steam locomotives, which are still known today, opened the train service. Celebrate with us 125 years of the Harzquer and Brocken Railway. The "biggest of the small". Exactly 125 years later, on March 27, 2024, two special trains, which were combined into one train in Drei-Annen-Hohne, took off from Nordhausen and Wernigerode to the highest mountain in northern Germany, the Brocken.
At the end of the 1920s, narrow-gauge steam locomotives were also derived from the standardised DRG procurement programme for standard-gauge steam locomotives according to the standard construction principles. In 1930, Schwartzkopff delivered three five-coupled engines as 99 221-223, which were the DRG's most powerful narrow-gauge steam locomotives at the time. Only 99 222 survived the war, which is still in service with the HSB today in its approximate original state.
Model of the narrow-gauge steam locomotive 99 222 of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (HSB) in the version as the locomotive is still in use today. True-to-the-original colouring and lettering of Epoch VI. All five sets of driving wheels are driven by two powerful motors. Equipped with an mfx/DCC decoder with many light and sound functions such as headlights changing with the direction of travel, driver's cab lighting or separately switchable engine lighting. Whistle and bell can be triggered by reed switches, even in analogue mode. Built-in smoke generator with wheel-synchronous steam output and cylinder steam. Lots of attached details, fully equipped driver's cab and doors that can be opened. An inscription sheet with the replicas of the posters on the occasion of the special trips for the 125th anniversary of the Brocken Railway is enclosed. Length over buffer 55 cm.
