‘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'
Gone but not forgotten: "the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth"
.
SMJ Forum
Bridge sign 3 Replies
An East and West Junction and Stratford-On-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railways bridge weight notice, cast iron, 16½"x11¾", the front repainted. As is usual, the company title has been altered to Stratford-On-Avon and Midland Junction…Continue
Started by Graham Ward. Last reply by Russ Firth Jun 1.
SMJ Postage stamps 1911 and 1924
A couple of items recently up for auction.GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION: 6…Continue
Started by Graham Ward May 21.
More building at Towcester 3 Replies
I hear there has been more building at the station site in Towcester.Anyone know what they've dug up?…Continue
Tags: Towcester
Started by Andy Thompson. Last reply by John Evans Apr 19.
Loco N° 5. 2-4-0T 1 Reply
Hi everybodyI’m building a OO gauge model of Fenny Compton and Clifford Sidings over here in Belgium.Quite a strange idea but so be it…In view of this I plan to transform a RTR Beatie Well Tank into SMJR N° 5 the 2-4-0T and use some etchings for the…Continue
Started by Jack Freuville. Last reply by Simon Dunkley Mar 17.
SMJ photos
SMJ Rulebook
I see that an old SMJ rulebook from 1919 went for £133 on e-bay today.
Anyone on here the lucky purchaser?
Jim.
Views: 479
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Rob Davidson on
-
Unfortunately not. That seems a lot of money for it, but small independent railway rule books don't come cheap
-
Permalink Reply by Peter S Lewis on
-
I have in my possession, obtained for the princely sum of £6-00 in an Alcester charity shop, a bundle of engineman's books..Notable amongst these is a 1924 edition of "Locomotive Management. From Cleaning to Driving"...with the name "William Jesse Hartwell, High Street, Byfield" written in ink on the title page.
Also, I have copies of a disciplinary notice given to Fireman Lowe for an incident at Burton Dassett in 1958.
Now, these items must be of interest to someone......
You can see photos of the above books on my SMJ photos page...
Peter
-
Permalink Reply by Simon Dunkley on
-
There was an EWJR rule book on eBay 3 or so years ago. I bid on it, but someone jumped in at the last minute, and I was in an area with very poor mobile phone reception (the centre of Cambridge: you'd really think that wouldn't have been a problem!) and missed re-bidding.
Had I won, I would have scanned it in and made it available as a PDF, but I suspect it went to a collector who gets joy from having a rare copy and preventing others from seeing it.
Simon
-
Permalink Reply by John Jennings on
-
The 1919 Rule Book is the standard RCH rulebook that nearly all of the pre group companies adopted. Its size, content and format was identical no matter which company name was printed on the front cover. The SMJ book was usually hardbound linen on card with the company title on a purple background. The only bespoke printed matter inside was right at the front usually to say that the named company had adopted the rules as its standard. The early BR rule books were little changed! A high price indeed for the wording on the cover!! A much more interesting document to keep a look out for is the appendix to the WTT as it contains SMJ company specific data.
John
-
-
Having done some research last year in the National Archives I can confirm this. I was terribly disappointed when reading the SMJR Rule Book retrieved from the stacks to find that the content was totally generic.
John Jennings said:The 1919 Rule Book is the standard RCH rulebook that nearly all of the pre group companies adopted. Its size, content and format was identical no matter which company name was printed on the front cover. The SMJ book was usually hardbound linen on card with the company title on a purple background. The only bespoke printed matter inside was right at the front usually to say that the named company had adopted the rules as its standard. The early BR rule books were little changed! A high price indeed for the wording on the cover!! A much more interesting document to keep a look out for is the appendix to the WTT as it contains SMJ company specific data.
John
-
-
You can buy a copy of the 1916 Appendix to the WTT from the Signalling Record Society:
http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/pubappendix.php
Simon
© 2025 Created by Andy Thompson.
Powered by
