‘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 on Saturday.
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 on Saturday.
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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Bridge near the Grand Union Canal
Just east of the Grand Union Canal, the SMJ crossed this track. This is the view on January 30 2011, when the canal was frozen over!
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Comment by John Evans on February 18, 2011 at 22:12
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Yes, you are right. In fact one of the very first railways was built over this hill - the Blisworth Hill Railway. It was constructed with L-shaped rails and the wagons had flangeless wheels that sat inside the tracks. A friend of mine, Victor Hatley, wrote a short history of it and walked me over the hill in 1966. We found examples of the old rails still there. The line was closed when the canal tunnel opened. It had horse power.
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Comment by Andy Thompson on February 17, 2011 at 7:11
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I believe this track to be the track over the tunnel where the horses were walked from one end of the canal tunnel to the other. Andy
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