Mark With regard to these armed trains I understand that there are some details in: Norfolk and Suffolk in The Great War: Gerald Gliddon - pp 8 - 10 and that the reference book for this is The Armoured Train: Its Development and Usage G.Balfour London 1981 Hope this helps Peter Batchelor > Hi Norfolkies - > > A history oriented question for which I hope to get some direction > from the mailing list. > > I found a throw away reference to the War Office having > commissioned armed trains along the Norfolk coast in 1914. They > were always kept under steam apparently to protect from enemy > invasion. (Because obviously if Happisburgh was to fall, that would > lead directly to the fall of East Ruston and then the rest of the > dominoes would tip! Picklehaubes in North Walsham - unthinkable!) > > Can anyone point me to references regarding what these coastal > protection trains were like and how long they were in service? > > Thanks - Mark > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >