‘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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Iron Works
Production began in 1873 in connection with the development & erection of Towcester Furnaces, which consisted of two rotary furnaces of around 4 ton capacity, that were the pioneers of the
Siemens Direct Reduction Process of making steel.In 1877 the manager was a one Walter E.Koch Dr. W.C. Siemens and Samuel Lloyd were partners in this venture and the sidings, which were always known as Lloyds Sidings, on the N&BJR were put in as a result. The Furnaces were put in during 1875 and were close to the East side of the N &BJR about a mile north of Towcester Station. If you know more - sign up and tell me below! Lloyds sidings line is the hedges centre shot.
To the right is the site of Towcester Iron Works 2008
Towcester Iron Works site C1891
A shot from the Tiffeild road 'along' the Lloyds sidings. The Iron Works where low, right.
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Comment by Andy Thompson on August 11, 2009 at 11:48
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Junction of SMJ and Lloyds sidings 2008
Andy
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Bridge 11 abutments 2008. next to site of the Iron Works
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The above shot was taken in 1982
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Brick Yard bridge was bridge number 11 and situated alongside the Towcester Iron Works.
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