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I'm trying to find photos, ideally from WW1 and in the UK, of artillery being moved on standard gauge railways. So far I've managed to find none. Does anyone have any I could see please, for a couple of projects I'm working on? Glad to accept photos of artillery on the continent too. If anyone has any information regarding how it was moved ie on what particular type of wagon, how it was strapped down etc that would also be very useful. Thanks!



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Yeah search engines can be pretty dumb at times, put in 'Railways' and 'WW1' and all you will get is Railway Gun photos... lot of them! no

I quickly tried 'UK Railways in WW1' and 'GWR in WW1'. Still only found a whole two photos and the big guns might be in France, but with some digging you may find more. 

Helen x

Oh maybe try the Gun Factories Names and railways, might work.

 Just noticed that both photos have the same building in the background, so two photos in the UK... maybe! confuse



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Does this count?
<a rel=www.networkrail.co.uk/assets/0/72/4294967297/30064771362/30064774228/30064774251/30064774260/6decd0f2-fd7e-4cfd-a663-9542250f4983.jpg">
Sid to be Toton sidings.



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Spent hours, got nowhere - but confess I haven't quite plumbed all of

http://histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=492&sid=d5999972ac2f20b18d7249088932f94d
- nor http://www.bridgemanimages.com/en-GB/explore/news/features/2014/July/world-war-one-centenary

I guess that lack of imagery tells us something, in general, about the effectiveness of wartime censorship on the specifics of materiel production and supply.



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