‘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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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
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Misunderstanding Easton Neston 2 Replies
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Loco N° 5. 2-4-0T
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
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Broom
The East & West Junction railway (E&W) proposed a new line from a junction with the Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway at Greens Norton to Stratford Upon Avon. In 1864 Lady Palmerson came and cut the first sod. The E&W became a part of the SMJ in January 1st, 1909.
In 1872, The Evesham, Reditch and Stratford railway opened to
Stratford from Broom Junction completing the SMJ's the link to
the
lines most western out-post. passenger service stopped in 1947.
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Comment by Andy Thompson on January 20, 2010 at 19:31
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Richard
I know this site (I think the bloke is called Andy) It's good, thanks for the heads up!
Andy
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Comment by Richard Hopkins on January 20, 2010 at 15:47
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Broom Station 1980’s
I recently came across this interesting website which includes some nice pictures of the Broom station site taken in the 1980’s.
http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/reader_galleries_02.php
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