‘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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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 6 hours ago.
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 6 hours ago.
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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Aston Le WallsGentlemen! 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 |
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Nov 28, 2009 Reply by Dick Bodily |
The SMJ RememberedWhile 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 |
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Nov 19, 2009 Reply by Andy Thompson |
Lost Railways of WarwickshireIn 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 |
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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 |
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Nov 12, 2009 Reply by Gary |
Midland Railway SocietyThe 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 |
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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 |
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Nov 2, 2009 Reply by Barry Taylor |
A LINK WITH SMJ INTERESTDear 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 |
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New PhotosFor 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 |
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Silent Movie Image of the Karrier Ro-RailerHi 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 |
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Oct 26, 2009 Reply by Peter S Lewis |
The last passenger train on the SMJ?Can we confirm that Ex-GWR Pannier Tank 6435 was the last passenger carrying train (although it was a spoecial and not a scduled run) over… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Oct 20, 2009 Reply by Andy Thompson |
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