‘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
Started by Richard Maund Apr 20.
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
Started by Richard Maund Apr 20.
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
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.
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
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.
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Accident Report 30/08/49
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Comment by Stephen on November 7, 2012 at 12:01
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The 'Round the World' would not have picked up ironstone wagons at Charwelton as it was 'asleep' in 1948. Charwelton was open from 1941 to 1944 and then shut along with Byfield in 1944, I think that Byfield re-opened in 1945. Charwelton re-opened in 1951.
Stephen Robbins
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Comment by Dick Bodily on November 5, 2012 at 12:12
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Si
I hadn't noticed the loco number on the report but can also confirm from a different source (The Engine Shed Society's allocation Excel files) that it was an Annesley (then 38B) loco at the time. This might suggest that it had been stopped at Woodford shed for some minor repair and was being tried out on the Round the World. I shall have to get on to Byfield's expert Rex to see if he has any info about this incident. He certainly be interested to hear about this.
Dick
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Comment by Si Donal on November 4, 2012 at 19:04
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Here's the offending locomotive, later in it's life:
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I think 63706 is an 04/7 In 1948 it was allocated to Annesley Shed. I got this detail from the Rail UK Steam Locomotive search facility.
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This would almost certainly have been the 'Round the World ' working from Woodford Yards, which picked up and set down iron ore trucks from Byfield and Charwelton. The crew would have been Woodford men and the loco would probably have been a J11 or an L1, but could have been almost anything that Woodford cared to use, especailly if they wanted to test out a failed loco that they had repaired on a working which never took the loco more than a couple of miles from Woodford shed. To find out more about this working, follow the link below to the 'Pickups' article and scrll down until you find the relevent info
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This is fascinating detail. To me, the last sentence is quite funny. I am not sure if the comment about "Eastern Region men" is perceived to be part of the problem?
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