 It then runs downhill into the valley of the Warme Bode, where the halt of Sorge (km 33.4; ) is located.Next the route climbs to its next summit at 557 m. After Elend (km 41.6) the line reaches the junction with the Brocken Railway at "Drei-Annen-Hohne station" (km 46.4).In 2009 the construction of a new stub line from Elend to Braunlage was discussed (see "South Harz Railway Company").