‘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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Re: 44186 at Fenny Compton 24.4.1955Started by Robin CullupLatest Reply |
Two new SMJ related ArticlesIn June 'Railway Bylines' Barry Taylor continues his 'SMJ Revisited' series covering the Towcester to Ettington section. In June 'Steam Day… Started by Dick BodilyLatest Reply |
(is this of interest to anyone?)Someone please talk to Ian I lived at 1 Evesham Road when I was in my teens and used to "help" in the signal box While clearing the lof… Started by Andy ThompsonLatest Reply |
Blisworth SMJ station use for parcels 1960s..and presumably you have seen the picture in my album of the reconstructed platforms. I remember them being quite busy with parcels traffi… Started by John EvansLatest Reply |
Stratford stationI run The West En pub in Old Town Stratford. I am currently pulling together a wide range of maps and photos about Old Town including the… Started by Roger HatchLatest Reply |
Mystery Parcels TrainI've recently acquired a book entitled 'London Midland Region Steam Finale' by Michael S Welch. Inside is a fascinating picture of now pres… Started by Dick BodilyLatest Reply |
Projected and fulfilled 19th C Railways aasociated in one way or another with the SMJColleagues Whilst I was researching the A2A archives @ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a for something else I came upon a series of ra… Started by Dave HaywardLatest Reply |
Help required for page article for this websiteI'm trying to put together an article for the website collating as much information as possible about the pickup goods and Byfield to Blisw… Started by Dick BodilyLatest Reply |
Bridge Hit at Fenny ComptonBack in February a lorry brought down part of the SMJ bridge at Fenny Compton. From the photos at the time it seemed that some lines were… Started by Peter FlemingLatest Reply |
Towcester Station features in British Railway Journal Number 76Evening all, Picked this up last weekend: thoroughly good read. Only downside is that the journal itself is now £9.95 an issue! Towcester… Started by Simon DunkleyLatest Reply |
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