‘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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SMJ Forum
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.
SMJ seats at York Museum ? 1 Reply
I took my grandson to the National Railway Museum on Dec. 30th and noticed two bench seats, of the type found on station platforms until traditional stations were replaced with bus-shelters. Both bear the title " STRATFORD " - I'll try and upload…Continue
Started by Paul Atherton. Last reply by Simon Dunkley Feb 22.
Broom History Group Event 9th November 2024
Broom History Group will be holding an event at Broom Village Hall 2-4pm on 9th November 2024 including a film on the railway and Broom Junction.…Continue
Started by Simon Stevens Oct 25, 2024.
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Forum Discussions (370)
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standard station design?I have just noticed that Byfield and Blakesly station buildings look identical and also Morton Pinkney looks similar. Was it a standard des… Started by Clive |
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Oct 9, 2017 Reply by Clive |
Fenny ComptonHi I’ve just purchased the book « Track layout diagrams of the Great Western Railway and B.R. (W.R.) section 29” by R.A.Cooke and notice th… Started by Jack Freuville |
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Train Simulator SMJFor those interested in the Train Simulator 2014 side of life... I've begun modelling the SMJ railway in the route creator/editor, using te… Started by Richard Woods |
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Aug 8, 2017 Reply by Bob hawes |
Barry's SMJ bookI see an advert for Volume 1 of Barry Taylor's SMJ history in RM. Apparently it will cover the E&WJR and N&BJR period pre SMJ and i… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Aug 4, 2017 Reply by Dick Bodily |
SMJ Section on the Warwickshire Railways websiteI have now added more information, much of it generic, to the Warwickshire Railways website. Please review it and advise me if there are an… Started by mike musson |
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SMJ section on Warwickshire Railways websiteI have now added more information, much of it generic, to the Warwickshire Railways website. Please review it and advise me if there are an… Started by mike musson |
0 | Jul 29, 2017 |
SMJ BlogThis is a link to my blog about the SMJ on the Amberley Books web site. I am an author for Amberley - hopefully you may find this potted hi… Started by John Evans |
0 | May 25, 2017 |
Trespasser signHello All.Brought myself a trespasser sign to restore. I have seen in it three colors....Black on white.White on black.White on red.Not sur… Started by alan wilson |
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Apr 27, 2017 Reply by alan wilson |
Updating the SMJ content on the Warwickshire Railways websiteHi everyone. I am in the process of updating the SMJ section of the website. Having learnt my lesson a few years ago when John Jennings to… Started by mike musson |
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6800 at ByfieldI will be moving from LNWR/GNR territory at Peterborough to Byfield in May, I have had a poor copy of the attached photo for some time, cou… Started by John Douglas |
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