‘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 3 hours ago.
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 3 hours ago.
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.
SMJ photos
Nr Roade
Ah, here's the sign on Bridge No 158 near Roade. A few days later we mounted a "rescue" party and removed it. But attempts to find a Trespass Notice were less successful - we were told someone visited the line and removed all those that remained. July 22 1965.
Albums: SMJ 1964 onwards
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Comment by Dick Bodily on October 5, 2010 at 20:35
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The people who demolished the station at Blakesley sold off signs etc. to people who wanted to buy them. They vandalised a lot of the unsold stuff such as signalarms and probably the splendid oil lanterns that adorned the platforms. How I would have loved one of those. My dad managed to acquire a SMJ Trespass notice which I later sold to a railwayana collector from Dunstable on Dad's behalf. I'm pretty sure he sold it on to buy or swop for other stuff as his speciality was SR memorabilia, he had two splendid WC Pacific nameplates with crest in his collection. I'm sure his wife had no idea how much they were worth! Dad got a fair price for it from this fellow at the time which I couldn't hope to match and I wanted him to have the money so it left our family. I often wonder where it ended up, it was unrestored and still had a rusted bolt afixed. I have got an LMS bridge sign from the line whichis nice because my grandad worked as brickie maintaining bridges for the SMJ and later the LMS.
Dick
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