‘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"


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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

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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.

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Accomodation Bridge near Claydon

Colleagues, I am involved in some in depth research into the very early history of west Northamptonshire. One thread at the moment is endea…

Started by Dave Hayward

2 Apr 6, 2015
Reply by Dave Hayward

Woodford 50th Anniversary

To mark the closure of Woodford 50 years ago the Great Central Railway are planning some sort of mini-gala on the weekend of 14th and 15th…

Started by Dick Bodily

4 Apr 2, 2015
Reply by Tim Poultney

Paint colours

Does anyone have any good information on the paint colours seen on the buildings of the SMJ during the 20th century? The only decent colou…

Started by Nick Meredith

1 Mar 27, 2015
Reply by Simon Dunkley

The Stratford & Moreton Tramway article

There's a 7 page article about the Stratford & Moreton tramway by Roger Butler, which might be of interest although not directly SMJR r…

Started by Dick Bodily

0 Mar 23, 2015

Model Railway Layouts featuring SMJR System

Although I'm not into modelling myself, I was thinking it might be a good idea if I put a page together listing existing and ongoing SMJR l…

Started by Dick Bodily

4 Mar 9, 2015
Reply by Jack Freuville

Another magazine article on the SMJ

Attached is an article on The LMSR Banbury Branches - as you will all see this is from the October 1946 edition of "Railway Locomotives". T…

Started by Robin Cullup

2 Jan 21, 2015
Reply by Barry Dunwoody

EHLR JUNCTION

Can anyone identify how the junction between the SMJ and EHLR was arranged.  I have looked at the published photos but they don't show the…

Started by Si Donal

5 Dec 4, 2014
Reply by NIGEL

Phishing - apparently via SMJ membership list

The SMJ Society <mail@thesmjr.ning.com> To: Roger Whiffin <roger48_gb@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Sunday, 30 November 2014, 14:07 Subje…

Started by Roger Whiffin

1 Dec 1, 2014
Reply by Peter S Lewis

Get Together

To all members /supporters, Last year we had an excellent get together at Stratford on Avon, why not then a recall meeting at possibly the…

Started by Ian Scott

10 Nov 24, 2014
Reply by Richard Heacock

Helmdon

Folks, Please accept my apologies if I'm stepping out of line with this, but just recently we have formed the Helmdon and District Heritag…

Started by Paul Denison

23 Nov 16, 2014
Reply by Simon Dunkley

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