G'day Mark ! There is a "Railway Rootsweb List" which you can sign up for ! I have always found its members just as helpful and knowledgeable as the other Lists which I belong to ! Good Hunting ! Roger --------------------- On 23 Oct 2011, at 17:27, Mark Howells wrote: > 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 > > >