Mark, There are some interesting pictures at http://www.railalbum.co.uk/railway-wagons/military/ww1-royal-navy-gwr-crocodile-gun-mount.htm Alan At 09:27 AM 23/10/2011, you 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 > > > >------------------------------- >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