‘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"


.

SMJ Forum

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

Started by Jack Freuville Aug 29.

Olney BRM Sept 2023

Layouts based on actual SMJR locations are few and far between. Due to being given notice on clubroom, Olney as featured in BRM Sept 2023 is for sale!This is a rare opportunity to acquire a beautiful, 15 years in the making, ready to run model…Continue

Started by Nicholas Young Jul 26.

Smj exploring and making new youtube videos 1 Reply

Hi all members.I was wondering if you could help by subscribing to my YouTube channel ‘NWP EXPLORING’ Mainly railway history and some exploring the SMJ .im planning to explore and video more of the SMJ ,  and if you have a desired area you would…Continue

Started by Neil. Last reply by Henry Jul 10.

Funny Story about Kineton Military Railway 2 Replies

An improbable, funny, but absolutely true story relating to the Kineton military railway.Long after my Army days I still retained an affection and passing interest in Kineton ammunition depot where I served during the 1960s. Coupled to a 'love' of…Continue

Started by Dave Hayward. Last reply by Henry Jul 10.

SMJ photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All
Jon Bradshaw
Share on Facebook MySpace
  • Blog Posts
  • Discussions
  • SMJ photos
  • Photo Albums
 

Jon Bradshaw's Page

Latest Activity

Jon Bradshaw left a comment for David Littlewood-Tysoe
"Are you familiar with David Farrons collection? Some really good stuff in there. Will send you a link"
Jan 14, 2022
Dick Bodily left a comment for Jon Bradshaw
"David and Jon There is a OO gauge layout of the stations of the Newport Branch at the Milton Keynes Museum in the Transport Hall. Obviously the line between the four stations ( Wolverton, New Bradwell, Great Linford and Newport itself) is very…"
Jan 14, 2022
David Littlewood-Tysoe left a comment for Jon Bradshaw
"Jon, I’m obviously having a bad day - my autocorrect keeps changing P-a-g-n-e-l-l to ‘Parnell’, and I meant Bill Simpson, not Bill West (both local authors but I do know the difference between their works, honest!). Sorry about…"
Jan 13, 2022
David Littlewood-Tysoe left a comment for Jon Bradshaw
"Jon, greetings from foggy Aquitaine, hope you don’t mind this approach but I’ve just spotted your comment to Peter mentioning your interest in the Newport Parnell railway. As a Nupput lad I also have an interest in the line and have a…"
Jan 13, 2022
Jon Bradshaw updated their profile
May 19, 2020

http://publictransportexperience.blogspot.com/2011/06/ravenstone-riddle-resolved.html

Comment Wall (5 comments)

You need to be a member of The SMJ Society to add comments!

Join The SMJ Society

At 7:51 on January 14, 2022, Dick Bodily said…

David and Jon

There is a OO gauge layout of the stations of the Newport Branch at the Milton Keynes Museum in the Transport Hall. Obviously the line between the four stations ( Wolverton, New Bradwell, Great Linford and Newport itself) is very compressed but the stations are detailed. I will try to get some photos of it. I often cycle the route from near Wolverton to Newport.  the only real evidence that it was ever a railway is the platform of Great Linford station which has been preserved. The site of  Newport station has been completely built over with a new road layout in the area too.

At 10:34 on January 13, 2022, David Littlewood-Tysoe said…

Jon, I’m obviously having a bad day - my autocorrect keeps changing P-a-g-n-e-l-l to ‘Parnell’, and I meant Bill Simpson, not Bill West (both local authors but I do know the difference between their works, honest!). Sorry about that.

At 10:10 on January 13, 2022, David Littlewood-Tysoe said…

Jon, greetings from foggy Aquitaine, hope you don’t mind this approach but I’ve just spotted your comment to Peter mentioning your interest in the Newport Parnell railway. As a Nupput lad I also have an interest in the line and have a long-standing project to model the station. If you have any material not included in Bill West’s book or other published sources I would be very interested to learn of it. Apart from my page here I can be contacted at David.littlewoodtysoe[at]orange.fr (just replace the [at] with the usual symbol). Best wishes, DALT.

At 23:26 on September 28, 2018, Peter S Lewis said…
Jon,

We shall look forward to your pictures!!

Peter
At 10:39 on September 28, 2018, Peter S Lewis said…

Hello Jon,

Welcome to the SMJ site!

What brings you here?

Peter

 
 
 

© 2024   Created by Andy Thompson.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service