‘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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SMJ Forum
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.
SMJ photos
Help in finding pictures on SMJ locations on this website
As a result if you type an placename ( eg. Towcester, Blisworth, Stratford, etc.) into the box beside the magnifying glass ikon below 'All related SMJ Photos' then 'click' on the the little magnifying glass it will find all the pictures of that place. Other searches should also be possible.
I've also put together in the 'Albums' section, albums of Industrial locos, Blakesley and Morton Pinkney and intend to do others in the future. Andy has put together albums of documents and Towcester. The good thing about clicking on an album is that you can watch a slideshow. If anyone has any suggestions for other albums let us know. It may be possible for other people to use everyones photos to produce albums of other stations but I don't know if this is technically possible.
Dick
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There are now albums which can be viewed as slideshows for just about every station or section of the SMJR system. I've discovered that each album is allowed a maximum of 100 pix before it is full. This limit has only affected certain locations such as Towcester.
If you want to see all the best SMJR steam age pix that we have on site then 'The SMJ Remembered' is the best album to view.
Unfortunately there are some stations where there are not enough or in one case no pictures to put together an album. If you have any pix of Ettington, Bidford on Avon or Binton in particular these would be a useful addition.
To reach these Albums
Click on Photos link at the top of the page ,then select 'All Albums'.
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