‘The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway’ (or S.M.J.) was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJ from 1909 to 1923. In 1923 the S.M.J.became a minor arm of the London Midland and Scottish (L.M.S.), then in 1948 'British Railways'
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Blisworth - Towcester ETS working
Electric train staff equipment had been brought into use between Blisworth and Towcester by 9 August 1910 (date of SMJR minute 451 (TNA file RAIL 674/3)) and presumably the new signal box at Blisworth appeared at the same time. In that this was so…Continue
Started by Richard Maund Apr 20.
Blisworth 1920
SMJ board minute 1474 of 13 April 1921 (TNA file RAIL 674/4) approved that “the following expenditure be charged to Capital” for year 1920: “Blisworth: Signalling and alterations to Permanent Way, Improvements and additional signalling: £800”. In…Continue
Started by Richard Maund Apr 20.
Evesham Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway 8 Replies
Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.
Bidford-on-Avon 5 Replies
Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.
SMJ photos
Welcome to the SMJ forum. Please feel free to start a discussion! (362)
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E&W JR first trainHello Does someone have a copy of the picture of the first train running on the East and West Junction Railway as stated in J Dunn’s book T… Started by Jack Freuville |
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Jan 7, 2019 Reply by Simon Dunkley |
The SMJR Great War Roll of HonourMany of you will be aware that in common with all other railway companies the SMJR lost many of its employees for all or part of the Great… Started by John Jennings |
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Dec 21, 2018 Reply by Barry Taylor |
u-tube videos that might be of interestThis shows a local historian exploring Byfield, about 25 - 30 mins into it he looks at the site of Byfield station https://www.youtube.com/… Started by Dick Bodily |
0 | Dec 15, 2018 |
NEW BOOK ON THE SMJ - AVAILABLE SHORTLYHi all I'm pleased to announce that the first volume of my history of the SMJ should be available in the near future - details are as follo… Started by Barry Taylor |
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Dec 1, 2018 Reply by John Evans |
John JenningsFollowing the sad loss of John Jennings, a stalwart of the SMJ and our society, Mike Musson set up a page on his site. The whole sit is w… Started by Andy Thompson |
0 | Nov 28, 2018 |
Warley PosterInteresting to see Broom Junction layout photo on posters and adverts for the Warley Model Railway Show this weekend. Started by Dick Bodily |
0 | Nov 21, 2018 |
Malcolm RanieriSad to report the untimely death last week of SMJ Society member Malcolm Ranieri. Malcolm was well known for his excellent steam train phot… Started by Dick Bodily |
0 | Oct 19, 2018 |
Proposed conversion of numbers 5 and 6.According to Dunn, the problems with the two BP tanks ns 5 and 6 running backwards were twice addressed with the idea of converting them to… Started by Simon Dunkley |
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Ravenstone Wood as three way junction?A close analysis of the 1945 RAF aerial photographs available in the historical imagery resource on Google Earth has provided evidence that… Started by Dave Hayward |
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Apr 15, 2018 Reply by Robin Cullup |
Turntable at Burton DassettAs part of my research prior to creating a model of the EHLR/SMJ junction at Burton Dassett, I’ve just had the privilege of looking through… Started by Mark Reader |
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Mar 29, 2018 Reply by Mark Reader |
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