Brocken mountain narrow gauge station
HSB railway station of Brocken, terminus on the summit of the Brocken, the highest mountain in the Harz. The railway station also known in German as the Brockenbahnhof lies only a few metres below the summit of the Brocken at a height of 1,125 m (3,691 ft). It is the highest railway station in Germany that is served by a railway without a rack system. The present station building was built in 1924 of granite. A restaurant, ticket office and souvenir shop for the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway are located in the station building. The station is currently only served by scheduled services by the steam-hauled trains of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway and is primarily a tourist facility. Photo taken Sunday 23 March 2003. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)