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Germany’s steam and high-speed trains
I’m sure this is a carefully thought out itinerary but I’m a bit mystified that you didn’t include the World’s largest and most automated model railroad in Hamburg and the official German railroad museum in Nurnberg. Perhaps you could add a side trip or supplemental schedule to include these sites? Also it would be fun to coordinate with at least one Plandampf operation. I know I’m asking a lot buy maybe some of these suggestions could be worked in another time.
This looks like a great itinerary. I have traveled half of this itinerary in 2012. I spent 3 days in Wernigerode and purchased a 3 day pass for the HSB. I rode up the Brocken three times, and then once over the line to Nordhausen. If any of the participants on this tour is also a hiker, you can get off the train and hike through to the top of the Brocken mountain. Make sure you don’t miss the last train back to Wernigerode!
I did stop at the museum in Nurnburg, and it is a world class museum. They have a very impressive HO scale railroad that is controlled using railway relays.
Have fun!
If you would rather walk downhill you can take the train to the Brocken then walk back to Schierke. The trail is quite steep from the summit until the it meets the railway. From there the trail follows the tracks to Schierke. If you take the day’s first train to the summit you will be able to photograph the following trains on the grade. From Schierke you can take a train back to Wernigerode.