‘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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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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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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Locomotives at Towcester, 1960-1963
Posted on May 8, 2014 at 7:59 0 Comments 0 Likes
Unidentified B.R. Standard 75xxx was in fact Leicester Midland's 75060. (Photo has been found!).
Further locomotives I managed a footplate ride on at Towcester around 1960/1, were 44239, 44522 and 44535. (Old notebook located).
Towcester station 1960-3
Posted on December 10, 2013 at 8:57 2 Comments 3 Likes
Just noticed that it will be fifty years on 3rd February 2014 since the Woodford West-Blisworth Ironstone Mine section closed completely. Wonder if Tesco could be persuaded to put a plaque up to commemorate it?
Does anyone know when the last freight operated through Towcester, presumably week ending Saturday 1st February.
I got to know the station well at the beginning of the sixties on summer holiday's at my grandparents (Grandad had worked on the SMJ and its predecessors…
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Hello Graham,
Welcome to the SMJ site!
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Welcome aboard Graham. Have a look around. Andy