I have posted about the docks and harbour railways of King's Lynn in another thread -: https://www.trainboard.com/highball/index.php?threads/british-docks-and-harbours-railways.122258. There was more to the railway network than lines to the docks ....So there is a lot more to cover about the railways in and around King's Lynn. This post gives a flavour of what is to come in due course. http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/10/21/early-railway-history-in-kings-lynn " Theres was a significant length of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the branch to Hunstanton, the original leth of the line from Gaywood towards Bawsey and a number of quarry and other short lines, without even considering the main line towards Ely." When time permits. ..............
The Lynn and Fakenham Railway - Part 1. ... This post results from reading Issue No. 30 of the "Railway Archive" Journal. It contains an article about the locomotives originally purchased for the Cornwall Minerals Railway. That company dramatically over-ordered motive power and when it lease was taken over by the GWR, 50% of its original order were returned to the manufacturer Sharp, Stewart of Manchester. Eight if these locomotives found their way to the Lynn & Fakenham Railway and eventually onto the books of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. This first post about the Lynn & Fakenham Railway focusses on these locomotives. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/11/16/the-lynn-and-fakenham-railway-part-1
