‘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'
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More building at Towcester 2 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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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
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Misunderstanding Easton Neston 2 Replies
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Loco N° 5. 2-4-0T
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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towcester rating plan
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Comment by Si Donal on January 24, 2012 at 22:18
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It was in the BRJ and accompanied the Towcester article. I cut and pasted it together to get it on one page. It really is a very long station! If you want a copy, I'll e-mail the scan to you or post you an A3 copy.
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Comment by Andy Thompson on December 31, 2011 at 10:44
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Long time no hear Si, I hope you are well and that you had a good Christmas break. Where did you get this from? It would be good to have a larger copy. Andy
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This is the LMS era Rating Plan for Towcester Station after the rebuilding and the closure of Greens Norton Junction box. There is a mysterious addition to the plan. The looped sidings added to the North of the station building (in a field at the rear of the Hesketh Hotel and Cattle mart does not appear to have ever existed. Was this a proposal (there is a faint trace of another loop under the darker version too)? If so, what was it for? Cattle traffic? Or possibly something connected with WW2 traffic in the area.
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