‘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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SMJ keys from the Towcester area

I have been contacted by someone who wishes to dispose of two sets of SMJ-related keys from the Towcester area, but does not want to put personal email or other details on this website. They have been given to him by the estate manager at Easton…Continue

Started by Barry Taylor 5 hours ago.

Bridge sign 3 Replies

An East and West Junction and Stratford-On-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railways bridge weight notice, cast iron, 16½"x11¾", the front repainted. As is usual, the company title has been altered to Stratford-On-Avon and Midland Junction…Continue

Started by Graham Ward. Last reply by Russ Firth Jun 1.

SMJ Postage stamps 1911 and 1924

A couple of items recently up for auction.GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION: 6…Continue

Started by Graham Ward May 21.

More building at Towcester 3 Replies

I hear there has been more building at the station site in Towcester.Anyone know what they've dug up?…Continue

Tags: Towcester

Started by Andy Thompson. Last reply by John Evans Apr 19.

SMJ photos

Towcester Station Building

Hi everyone, I am building a model of Towcester Railway station in N Gauge, I was wondering if anyone had any details of the building itself( blue prints would be nice!)anything would be useful, photographs or dimensions.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Brian

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Permalink Reply by Gary on July 17, 2012 at 10:37

I think Andy may have some information as to sizes I believe.

I have no idea on the internal layout though.

I did start out to make an exact dimension N-gauge layout of Towcester from the Bridge 149 to just after the NCC sidings on the opposite side of the A5 - it was huge! Sadly it stalled and did not survive a couple of house moves. I think there are photos somewhere of the scale of it. Found them!

There is a modelling group on here and as you will see the pictures are in there.

I made a rude model of the goods shed a year or two back and spent ages looking at pictures and literally counting the bricks on them! I had to guess the non-rail side only for a short time later a picture turn up on here of that side and I wasn't too far out.

Good luck with your project.

Gary

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Permalink Reply by Brian Elphick on July 17, 2012 at 11:02

Hi Gary

Thanks for the info, your project sounds almost identical to mine. I have only just started though. Living in Towcester it seemed the ideal thing to do. I will put some updates and photos as the layout progresses.