‘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"


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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.

Loco N° 5. 2-4-0T 1 Reply

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. Last reply by Simon Dunkley Mar 17.

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Another Special Train near Byfield

This special running on Sunday 9th August 1959, ran from Kings Cross to Kings Cross utilising part of the SMJ in the itinerary. The train a…

Started by Robin Cullup

2 Dec 8, 2009
Reply by Dick Bodily

Aston Le Walls

Gentlemen! Another request, we have missed out Aston Le Walls as a station on the former E&W section of the of SMJ as was. I know it…

Started by Andy Thompson

13 Nov 28, 2009
Reply by Dick Bodily

The SMJ Remembered

While editing tags, wrongly captioned pix, etc. on this website, I've put together a collection of your photos from everybody's photos on t…

Started by Dick Bodily

1 Nov 19, 2009
Reply by Andy Thompson

Lost Railways of Warwickshire

In case anyone's interested, my book "Lost Railways of Warwickshire", published by Countryside Books, is now in the shops. Chapter 7 is dev…

Started by Geoffrey Kingscott

2 Nov 13, 2009
Reply by Geoffrey Kingscott

A proposal!

Gentlemen! I would like, from here forth we be know as "The Unofficial SMJ Society" All those in favour say 'yeah'! Andy

Started by Andy Thompson

12 Nov 12, 2009
Reply by Gary

Midland Railway Society

The latest issue (no. 41, Autumn 2009) of the Journal of the Midland Railway Society features the SMJ, with a major article by Maurice Jeye…

Started by Geoffrey Kingscott

4 Nov 6, 2009
Reply by Dick Bodily

SMJ BEYER PEACOCK IMAGES - UNPUBLISHED?

Dear All, Following a hunch that the Beyer Peacock record would be retained at the Museum of Science and Industy in Manchester, I found th…

Started by Si Donal

4 Nov 2, 2009
Reply by Barry Taylor

A LINK WITH SMJ INTEREST

Dear All, I am sure the die hard SMJ enthusiats will have seen this but I found this site which has many pictures and details of the SMJ's…

Started by Si Donal

0 Oct 29, 2009

New Photos

For your information I have just added two photographs of SMJ No 5 in a later life as WD 94 at Catterick Camp Military Railway that may be…

Started by Dave Hayward

0 Oct 28, 2009

Silent Movie Image of the Karrier Ro-Railer

Hi all, I have drawn a blank at the British Film Institute in getting a copy of the Ro-Railer's publicity images. However thanks to the in…

Started by Si Donal

5 Oct 26, 2009
Reply by Peter S Lewis

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