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    1. [NFK] Norfolk History - Great War armed coastal trains
    2. Mark Howells
    3. 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

    10/23/2011 03:27:09