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Firing the Steel Trains – ex-Woodford fireman Albert Fennell
During the 1950’s previous to the closure of Stratford – Broom Junction of the SMJR, five trains each way ran nightly along the SMJ ( Mondays – Saturdays) from Woodford yard to Broom conveying… View »
East & West Junction and SMJR liveries 2 Comments
East & West Junction Railway (revised with extra information fromSimon Dunkley) According to J M Dunn’s revised 1977 edition of The Stratford & Midland Junction Railway (Oakwo… View »
Ironstone links to the SMJR and LNWR at Gayton & Blisworth
I've drawn up this map with reference to Tonks' maps and also to evidence found when Andy & I visited the area in 2010. There were three main phases to the movement of ore by main line rail. Fir… View »
The SMJR in Books and Magazine Articles - A List 19 Comments
SMJR Books “The Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway” – J M Dunn (Oakwood Press 1952) “The Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway” – J M Dunn (Oakwood Press Completely Rewri… View »
Last Years of the SMJ Pickups 10 Comments
The last days of the SMJR line pick ups. (Local freight and ironstone trains in the ‘50s and ‘60s.) Once the Towcester - Ravenstone Junction section of the former SMJR had closed, through frei… View »
SMJ Related Links
Welcome to the Towcester and District Local History Society website The town of Towcester (pop 9,000) lies 100km (60 miles) north of London, England in rural Northamptonshire. It is the oldest… View »
Mining Index
The Reason It Came To Be Mining of the earth’s natural resources in the Blisworth area of Northamptonshire has been evident for many centuries. It was thi… View »
Index
Welcome to the SMJ index page. From here you can find your way to all the pages on the website. Gen Links The Last Days of SMJ Pick-up freight - by Dick… View »
An Alphabetical List of SMJ Nicknames 1 Comment
Banana Line - referring to Towcester - Ravenswood Junction section (Barry Taylor) Bread and Herring - referring to Towcester - Ravenswood Junction section (Robin Cullup / A… View »
Gary's list of 'Surviving Locomotives known to have run on the SMJ' 1 Comment
(Partially Updated - 30th Dec 2010) ex-LMSR 4P 4-4-0 41000 owned by NRM but on SVR out of service and on display but has run in preservation. RAILTOUR visit to line 4MT 2-6… View »
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