‘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
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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
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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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Wheldons Sidings - Richard Thomas's sidings
Track Layout Plans Diagrams Section 29 With great thanks to R.A. Cooke.
Albums: Gayton Farm - Maps
Location: Gayton, Blisworth, Northamptonshire
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Comment by Andy Thompson on November 1, 2010 at 12:47
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Further down from bridge 2 was Richard Thomas's sidings. The sidings acted as a transshipment point for quarrying materials from, amongst other places, Gatyon Wood Farm quarries. Note the branch running to bottom left. This branch ran up hill and through a cutting to the the concrete over-bridge under the Blisworth/Gayton road.
At the point where the branch joins the SMJ and opposite was (and still is)bridge 1A. My belief is this bridge connected the quarrying to the north of the Richard Thomas's sidings to the sidings itself for transshipment and probably had something to do with the Wheldon sidings.
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Andy
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