‘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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I hear there has been more building at the station site in Towcester.Anyone know what they've dug up?…Continue

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Broom History Group Event 9th November 2024

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

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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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Whilst on a current SMJR interest spleurge I have found the following in one of my books.
I am not sure how true it is due to the slight confusion in the dates quoted as the event appears to be in the future when it was written. Make of it what you will.

Taken from More Tales of Old Railwaymen, Tom Quinn ISBN: 1 85410 862 X pp41

Funeral Train
In the early 1900’s Tom Holton’s father was stationmaster at Towcester and the family lived in the station house. When Tom’s sister died in an epidemic, the railway company put on a special train to carry the coffin and mourners to their ancestral home at the village of Slapton 5 Miles away.
The train waited at the nearest point to the church while bearers carried the coffin ½ mile along a field path to the churchyard where the burial took place. The track was single line so no other train could pass.
The family were then conveyed back to Towcester.
The train company, the Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway, was more than once in the receiver’s hands, but it was not too poor to pay this compliment to a faithful servant.
The Railways of England, W. M. Acworth, 1889

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That would have been a point on the Northmpton - Banbury about midway between Greens Norton Junction and Wappenham.

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