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RogerFarnworth 7th October 2018 08:15

This is the third post about the Docks Railway in King's Lynn.

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/10/0...-branch-part-3

The post covers the area around Bentinck Dock and has some detail about the Savage's Works on the East side of the dock. Savage's were internationally renowned for their steam-powered fairground attractions.

bramleyman 7th October 2018 22:38

Had an exceptional busy weekend, but just found and posted in Gallery. Please copy if required, but credit me? Thank you.

RogerFarnworth 8th October 2018 08:16

Thank you, Bramleyman.
It is a great image and shows the approach to the John Kennedy Road Crossing with the Pilot Cinema to the left of the line and St. Nicholas' Chapel Spire beyond. I will include it in my blog with a credit to you.
Best wishes
Roger

bramleyman 9th October 2018 12:56

Thank you very much. If I remember rightly, I took it in late 1980's/early 1990's.

RogerFarnworth 9th October 2018 14:05

I have included the approximate date. Thank you.

bramleyman 13th October 2018 00:47

You are most welcome Roger.

RogerFarnworth 6th November 2018 19:45

A few random bits and pieces which relate to the docks railways in King's Lynn ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2018/11/06...-miscellaneous

RogerFarnworth 21st July 2019 21:26

One of the directors of the Docks and Harbour Railways in King's Lynn was William Burkitt, a self-made local business man who had the means to order his own locomotive from Alfred Dodman & Company of Kings Lynn. The loco was named 'Gazelle'. This is the story of that locomotive. It pulls, Colonel Stephens, King's Lynn and the Shropshire and Montgomery Light Railway into one story!

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/07/21/gazelle

RogerFarnworth 26th October 2019 15:34

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...-in-kings-lynn

There is a significant length of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the branch to Hunstanton, the original length 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. ..............

Beeyar Wunby 26th October 2019 16:59

Thanks for that Roger.

Looking at the aerial photo of South Lynn station, I hadn't realised just how close to the river it was.

I'm hoping to fly my drone round there soon, before the new Nar-Ouse Way development swallows the remaining evidence.

Cheers, BW.


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