‘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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More building at Towcester 2 Replies

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Loco N° 5. 2-4-0T

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

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Potential rolling stock survivor?

Once again folks I was having a trawl around the web & found this listing:
http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4685
Does anyone any ideas as to where it is exactly or whether it was possibly a carriage that ran on the line?
Very long shot and I know that the reference appears long in teh tooth but it is a new one to me.
G

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Permalink Reply by Andy Thompson on September 3, 2009 at 13:23
What led you to think it might Gary?

Andy
Permalink Reply by Gary on September 3, 2009 at 17:41
Andy Thompson said:
What led you to think it might Gary?

Andy

Well such stock would have gravitated to the lesser lines such as the SMJR - if you look at some of the photos the stock is not of modern (for the time) standard.

Also I believe that stock, such as this, that was reused as storage & living accomodation was initially delivered by rail.

I suspect we will never know what stock ran on the line as I doubt people logged the carriage numbers but thought this one could be worth a stab at.

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