Often you can just see pictures of clean engines in bright sunlight in publications about the Harzer Schmalspurbahn. This is not the way I know the Harz Mountains.

On a rainy afternoon in march 82 the oilfired 99 0245 is waiting in front of the old engine shed in Wernigerode for their next service.

Photo and scan by Volker.Dehnke@tu-clausthal.de