‘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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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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Images of Stratford Old Town by D J Norton
Thanks go to his son, Mark for letting us display the images on the SMJ site. Please take time to visit Mark's site of his Dad's photographs - full of great images at http://www.photobydjnorton.com
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Comment by John Jennings on June 24, 2010 at 11:47
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Not completly swept away Duncan, the space between the platforms is now a road and you are right that the whole area has been redeveloped but it is possible to see a line of the platform edge copings alongside the new road. How they survived is not clear but as they did not intrude into the new road formation the platform was buried with just this line of copings showing!
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Wow! As a Geordie, my first awareness of the SMJ was from a photo in a little book called Discovering Old Railways by F G Cockman (a most knowledgeable enthusiast, now, sadly, gone). In 1977 whilst on a family canal holday, I went wandering across Stratford and found the plaforms still there and some foundations, all quite overgrown. I was but 17 and took some terribel images on my Kodak instamatice. I presume even these have been swept away by a developer
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