Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V.
Program and planning 1996
Please visit our special pages to get details about the "steam specials" organized by Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V. during 1996 !
March
16 5th yearly meeting of the Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V. at Hotel Harzquell in Alexisbad at 16:00.
April
5 work-session in Gernrode: checking and cleaning of the Easter trains, meeting point at 15:00 in Gernrode depot.
week-end
6 + 7
Easter: 5 "Easter-trains" are planned on the Selketalbahn (regular trains with "Easter-Bunnies" for children), 3 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon; colorful program from 11:00 to 14:00 in Alexisbad specially for children, add'l details will be mentionned on posters.
week-end
18 + 19
1st work-session week-end in Gernrode (depot): maintenance / rebuilding work on the freight car 99-04-76, including work on the forge.
June
week-end
22 + 23
2nd work-session week-end in Gernrode (depot): maintenance / rebuilding work on various projects, including final jobs on the 99-04-76.
saturday
29
Moonlight run from Gernrode to Strassberg with photo-stops and -starts, and bonuses: Mallet, parallel start, spit-roasted pork, camp fire, etc...
week-end
29 + 30
During week-end, other "steam specials" are organised by I.G. HSB e.V., including...
- june 29th... train using Traditionszug equipment from Wernigerode to the Brocken hauled by 2 Mallet's in "double traction"
- june 30th... train from Wernigerode to Gernrode, i.e. 176km return trip hauled by Mallet + 060T 99 6101: allows 2 hours free in Gernrode to allow visit of the cathedral, and a grill will be available in the station for rustic lunch !

If you plan a visit to the Harz narrow-gauge, this is the week-end of choice !

June During Harzgerode city fair: visit the booth of the Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V.
Juli
12 to 14 Barrel-organ fair in Alexisbad, including barrel-organ players in the Selketalbahn trains !
13 Special train with the 99 6101 from Gernrode to Stiege for the benefit of the rebuilding of "sister" 99 6102 "Fiffy"
August
week-end
3 + 4
Lichterfest in Alexisbad: Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V. takes part with an information booth !
3 Music and steam for the Lichterfest: musicians from Harzgerode will travel from Gernrode to Alexisbad in the "Topless" ("Oben Ohne") car, with coffee and cookies supply in the train...
week-end
17 + 18
3rd week-end work-session: work on current projects
week-end
24 and 25
Harzfest i.e. Harz Fair in Ilfeld - Neustadt, Freundeskreis Selkatalbahn e.V. takes part with an information booth and supports the action of the "Tourismusförderkreis Ostharz" i.e. the "Group for the Promotion of the Tourism in the Eastern Harz"
September
September Yearly outing of the Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V.: this year to Bruchhausen Vilsen (details to be confirmed)
October
6 Special run of the GHE T1 from Gernrode to Stiege and back for the "Tractors' Meeting", a "Lanz Bulldog Rally" organized by the Lanz Bulldog Verein Südharz e.V., return same day !
week-end
5 + 6
Organized by I.G. HSB e.V....
- GmP Güterzug mit Personenbeförderung, i.e. mixed train consisting of...
    3 SS open low-side 4-axle cars with Lanz Bulldog tractors,
    2 O open high-side 2-axle cars, as well as...
    2 passenger cars and a baggage car
... hauled by double-traction Mallet 0440T 99 5903 and small 060T 99 6101 from Norhausen to Stiege.; train will be back to Norhausen the next day october 6th;
- add'ly, a Wernigerode - Stiege special trip with railbus NWE T3 is planned too.

Many details still need to be confirmed: prices, timetable, etc...

This will be a super opportunity for car / truck / tactor / etc... collectors from everywhere to come and enjoy the show, and possibly demonstrate their machines, maybe for the last time in the year

Plan a trip to the Harz late in the year ?
This is the week-end of choice !

12 and 13 4th week-end work-session: work on open projects
December
06 Nikolausfahrt i.e. Saint-Nicholas "Steam Special" for the benefit of the Kindergarten Strassberg i.e. the small children school of Strassberg which is sponsored by the Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V.
07 1st model railway exchange meeting in Alexisbad (in Hotel Harzquell)
08 Several Niklausfahrten for the public
Sources: information supplied by Freundeskreis Selketalbahn e.V.


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