‘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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Walking the SMJ 4 Replies
Careful scrutiny of the 1:25000 maps on Streetmap suggests that very little of the SMJ trackbed is a public right-of-way. There are short sections near Roade and Kineton and one or two places where there is an adjacent footpath. Can anyone advise of…Continue
Started by Michael Roake. Last reply by Simon Stevens May 27.
Beyer Peacock 2-4-0T- As near as you can get to a E&WJR 2-4-0T nowadays!
This is Isle of Man Railway Beyer Peacock 2-4-0T 'Mannin' which is about to be restored to running order so that it can deal…Continue
Started by Dick Bodily May 19.
Planning Application for Binton Station Site 12 Replies
I've just been told by friends from Welford that there's a planning application to redevelop the Binton Station site:Binton Station Planning…Continue
Started by Simon Stevens. Last reply by Rob Davidson Apr 27.
The Shakespeare Route DVD---Hillside Publishing 2006
Copy available on e bay as, I write this, if anyone is interested. Probably now out of production so an elusive DVD to obtain.Continue
Started by ray w Apr 1.
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Motor Trolley Workings
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I have recently been transcribing the 1949 Freight Working Time Table for the SM&JR route from copies taken of the volume in the National Archives into a spreadsheet, with the intent of merging…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick Meredith Mar 7, 2016.
Phone contact wanted
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While we were exhibiting at the Great Electric Train Show at Gaydon last weekend (10-11 October 2015 a former railwayman from Leamington Spa Station came and chatted with us. Amongst other things he…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick Meredith Nov 4, 2015.
Paint colours
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Does anyone have any good information on the paint colours seen on the buildings of the SMJ during the 20th century?The only decent colour pictures I have seen indicate a pale cream with dark brown…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Simon Dunkley Mar 27, 2015.
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Hi Nick,
In the depths of this website there is a modelling section:-
http://www.smj.me/group/smjmodelling
I am responsible for the humble attempt at Blisworth SMJ (property of Kettering and District MRS).
A few members were kind enough to ask when it will next be exhibited. This year's show will be on Saturday 6th June at Wren Spinney School in Kettering - more details to follow closer to the time.
I hope this is of interest to you.
Jim.
Nick,
I met Mr Reader, forget his first name, at MK Model Railway Exhibition last Saturday. He was talking about a future pre WW1 Kineton layout, presumably this is the same project as yours. Point is, he had tried to join this website but had experienced difficulty receiving some sort of automatic returned email message. I looked to see if I had received a request to join email from him as I normally would. If you know this gent tell him to reapply to join the website and there shouldn't be any problem.
Dick Bodily
Nick,
So there'll be plenty here for you to base the layout on!
Peter
Hello Nick,
A warm welcome!
What connections do you have with the SMJ?
Peter