‘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.
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Forum Discussions (381)
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Albert Fennell (GCR driver and former Woodford fireman) retiresOn Sunday 8th October ex- Woodford fireman Albert Fennell who fired several times over the SMJ to Broom Junction as well as duties on the G… Started by Dick Bodily |
0 | Oct 10, 2017 |
standard station design?I have just noticed that Byfield and Blakesly station buildings look identical and also Morton Pinkney looks similar. Was it a standard des… Started by Clive |
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Oct 9, 2017 Reply by Clive |
Fenny ComptonHi I’ve just purchased the book « Track layout diagrams of the Great Western Railway and B.R. (W.R.) section 29” by R.A.Cooke and notice th… Started by Jack Freuville |
0 | Sep 6, 2017 |
Train Simulator SMJFor those interested in the Train Simulator 2014 side of life... I've begun modelling the SMJ railway in the route creator/editor, using te… Started by Richard Woods |
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Aug 8, 2017 Reply by Bob hawes |
Barry's SMJ bookI see an advert for Volume 1 of Barry Taylor's SMJ history in RM. Apparently it will cover the E&WJR and N&BJR period pre SMJ and i… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Aug 4, 2017 Reply by Dick Bodily |
SMJ Section on the Warwickshire Railways websiteI have now added more information, much of it generic, to the Warwickshire Railways website. Please review it and advise me if there are an… Started by mike musson |
0 | Jul 29, 2017 |
SMJ section on Warwickshire Railways websiteI have now added more information, much of it generic, to the Warwickshire Railways website. Please review it and advise me if there are an… Started by mike musson |
0 | Jul 29, 2017 |
SMJ BlogThis is a link to my blog about the SMJ on the Amberley Books web site. I am an author for Amberley - hopefully you may find this potted hi… Started by John Evans |
0 | May 25, 2017 |
Trespasser signHello All.Brought myself a trespasser sign to restore. I have seen in it three colors....Black on white.White on black.White on red.Not sur… Started by alan wilson |
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Apr 27, 2017 Reply by alan wilson |
Updating the SMJ content on the Warwickshire Railways websiteHi everyone. I am in the process of updating the SMJ section of the website. Having learnt my lesson a few years ago when John Jennings to… Started by mike musson |
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