‘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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SMJ Postage stamps 1911 and 1924

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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

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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

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The final days. A Black '5' at Blakesley

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Comment by Ron Fisher on July 7, 2009 at 22:27
It is indeed a Black 5 - 45287, in fact, as stated in my caption.

Ron.
Comment by Dick Bodily on July 3, 2009 at 13:34
I like all of your SMJR pictures, Ron. I know Andy has transfered them along with a lot of others 'en block' from the old website. Hence the error, this is in fact a Black 5. I used to live at Blakesley at the time you took these pictures and know that Black 5s were really rare on trains through there. Usually the pickup was a Northampton 4F and the Blisworth iron ore trains were their 8Fs. Presumably Northampton had nothing more suitable on the day. Not sure but this engine may have been a Bedford 14E loco.
Comment by Ron Fisher on July 2, 2009 at 22:19
Blakesley station on the Stratford upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway in Northamptonshire once had a 15 inch gauge miniature railway connecting it to the nearby Blakesley Hall. This had long gone by January, 1964 when I photographed Stanier 'Black 5' 4-6-0 45287 on a freight working.

Ron Fisher.

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