‘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"
Broom History Group will be holding an event at Broom Village Hall 2-4pm on 9th November 2024 including a film on the railway and Broom Junction.…Continue
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
I've finished setting up this page. It can be found by clicking on PAGES OF HISTORY at the top of the page. I've deleted the old page after tranferring relevant comments to this new page. I'd like to hear from anyone who can add further classes to it. I've heard rumours of Type 2 Sulzers working on the SMJ, can anyone confirm? There are now over 100, some of them slightly tenous, records listed!
Also Gary has updated his 'Surviving Locos' list as a result of new information. He has now found that an amazing 26 locomotives have been proven to have run on the SMJ, come to think of it 27 if he adds the King but I think he is more sensibly concentrating on pre-closure days!