‘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'
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SMJ Forum
magnet fishing
Hi everyone, yesterday I did some magnet fishing with the grandchildren from the SMJ bridge over the river Tove in Towester, to great excitement of the children (and myself) we pulled out three chair screws and a rivet which looked similar in style…Continue
Started by Steve Camm Sep 1.
One of the best preserved SMJ bridges? 1 Reply
I was at Ettington the other day and apart from the good shed, which has had a lot of money spent on it including full glazing, the station building is still there. But my attention went to the station bridge (No. 73?) which is in very good…Continue
Started by John Evans. Last reply by Andy Thompson Aug 30.
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.
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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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6800 at ByfieldI will be moving from LNWR/GNR territory at Peterborough to Byfield in May, I have had a poor copy of the attached photo for some time, cou… Started by John Douglas |
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New book with SMJ interestJust published - T.E.WILLIAMS - THE LOST COLOUR COLLECTION VOLUME 1 by Irwell Press - ISBN 978-1-9-911262-04-06 - £24.95 All are colour p… Started by Barry Taylor |
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Apr 7, 2017 Reply by Dick Bodily |
ex-SMJ regular on Heritage Railways DVDWith this month's Heritage Railway there's a DVD of the two preserved Great Central Railways made around 2000. Among the locos shown severa… Started by Dick Bodily |
0 | Mar 10, 2017 |
SMJ / LNW station arrangements at BlisworthAdrian's recent photo of the SMJ platforms at Blisworth has started me thinking about the precise nature of the station arrangements there.… Started by Barry Taylor |
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Mar 7, 2017 Reply by Simon Dunkley |
Kineton StationThe Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society's N gauge model of Kineton Station will be on display for the very first time at our ann… Started by Mark Reader |
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Mar 1, 2017 Reply by Simon Dunkley |
A couple of interesting documentsA couple of interesting documentsIn my very small collection of SMJ documents I have these two which may be of interest to fellow members:1… Started by John Cosford |
0 | Feb 27, 2017 |
SMJ Exhibition at Towcester MuseumI visited the Towcester museum on Sunday and just wanted to say how good I thought the exhibition was, the content was excellent and I part… Started by Mike Smith |
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Feb 17, 2017 Reply by NIGEL |
SMJR pictures on warwickshirerailways.comI found this website the other day, I expect most of you are familiar with it, but I have put this link in in case like myself you were una… Started by Dick Bodily |
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