‘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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Passenger Trains connected to the SMJ

Following on from the previous discussion about WD passenger trains on the SMJ during the 1940s; it must be said that passenger trains ran on metals connected to the SMJ until the mid 1960s. There was a passenger service from the nearest point to…Continue

Started by Dave Hayward Jun 16.

Wartime passenger trains from Burton Dassett 3 Replies

Arthur Jordan in his book, The Stratford Upon Avon and Midland Junction Railway - The Shakespeare Route at pp 82 mentions a WW2 late night special from Stratford on Avon to Burton Dassett for soldiers at the CAD. I would envisage that this did not…Continue

Started by Dave Hayward. Last reply by Dave Hayward Jun 16.

PPhoto Albums 1 Reply

AndyAbout two years ago I ended up with some railway matter from a Bill Kendall who had been a Signalman on SMJ ending his railway career at Northampton No 1. I worked with him when I was working in Rugby PSB, I also covered the signa?l boxes at…Continue

Started by Robin Leslie Patrick. Last reply by Dave Hayward Jun 8.

Broom Junction station site for sale 3 Replies

Great opportunity for an SMJ enthusiast perhaps.  I'm not sure what you could actually do with this site though!…Continue

Started by Simon Stevens. Last reply by Simon Stevens May 17.

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Passenger Trains connected to the SMJ

Following on from the previous discussion about WD passenger trains on the SMJ during the 1940s; it must be said that passenger trains ran on metals connected to the SMJ until the mid 1960s. There was a passenger service from the nearest point to…See More
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Dave Hayward replied to Dave Hayward's discussion 'Wartime passenger trains from Burton Dassett'
"Barry and all, Further to my previous post. Being of a Southern vintage myself [ Chichester 1942 - when Tangmere was an active RAF Station and the similarly named locomotive could latterly be ridden behind in day to day service!] I was…"
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Dave Hayward replied to Dave Hayward's discussion 'Wartime passenger trains from Burton Dassett'
"Barry, Thanks very much for this helpful reply. Some unusually 'deep' detail here. I will have to check the dates of the opening of the depot as I think some of the early activity mentioned in the article would centre on construction work.…"
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Barry Taylor replied to Dave Hayward's discussion 'Wartime passenger trains from Burton Dassett'
"Dave There is an article entitled 'Memories of Burton Dassett' in the 'Railway Observer' (RCTS) during 1948, which gives quite a lot of detail about the wartime working in the depot including the passenger traffic - I've…"
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"Yes, I will have put some down I started at Blisworth 07-05-62 my first day on railway. I am very much into present day railway photography steam & modern traction and have a flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/robinpatricktrains/ This evening…"
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