Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company
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The Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company (Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) or NWE was the second railway company to be founded in the
The junction with the Gernroder-Harzgerode railway (the
Around 1925 the NWE had about 250 employees and about 100 seasonal workers. From 1926 the NWE also ran bus routes (known as the Harzer Roller or 'Harz rollers'). Its workshop and management was located in Wernigerode.
The NWE was expropriated by a 'people's decision' and went into the Saxony-Anhalt state railways in 1948. The two routes were run by the DR from 1949. Since 1993 the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen) has been the owner and operator of the Harz Railway, Brocken Railway and Selke Valley Railway.
Motive power
Designation | DR (GDR) number
|
Preserved | Built | Remarks |
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NWE Nos. 1 to 3 | 99 5804 and 5803 | - | 1897 | |
NWE Nos. 6 and 7 | 99 6101 and 6102 | Yes | 1914 | superheated/saturated steam loco |
NWE Nos. 11 to 22 | 99 5901 to 5905 | 99 5901–5903 | 1897–1901 | Mallet locomotive |
NWE No. 21II | 99 6001 | Yes | 1939 | Standard locomotive (prototype) |
NWE Nos. 31 and 32 | - | 1909 | Sold in 1921 | |
NWE Nos. 41 and 42 | - | 1913 | Sold in 1917 | |
NWE No. 41II
|
99 5906 | Yes | 1918 | Mallet locomotive |
NWE Nos. 51 and 52 | 99 6011 and 6012 | - | 1922/23 | |
NWE No. 61 | - | 1899 | †1934 | |
NWE No. 61II | 98 6213 | - | 1908 | Standard gauge loco, for factory lines in Nordhausen |
NWE T 1 to 3 | VT 137 561, 565, 566 | T 3 = 187 025 | 1939 | Driving railcar |
Only on paper were the two Reichsbahn engines 99 5631 and 5632 given the designation NWE Nos. 71 and 72.
See also
Further reading
- Gerhard Zieglgänsberger, Hans Röper: Die Harzer Schmalspurbahnen: Die Selketalbahn; Die Harzquer- und Brockenbahn; Die Südharzeisenbahn. transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-613-71103-6
- Jörg Bauer: 100 Jahre Harzquer- und Brockenbahn. EK-Verlag GmbH, Freiburg 1999, ISBN 3-88255-685-4
External links
- Documents and clippings about Nordhausen-Wernigerode Railway Company in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW