‘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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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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sites like thisI would like to say a big thankyou to all those who contrbute articles and pictures to this and other similar sites like many i think our r… Started by steve lush |
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A word from John EvansJohn says: "Well I suppose I knew the SMJ right from when I started trainspotting at Blisworth back in the mid-1950s. I do remember the Cro… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Jul 27, 2012 Reply by Dick Bodily |
Towcester Station BuildingHi everyone, I am building a model of Towcester Railway station in N Gauge, I was wondering if anyone had any details of the building itsel… Started by Brian Elphick |
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Jul 17, 2012 Reply by Brian Elphick |
Local nicknames from Roade village for the SMJA book published by the Roade Local History Society entitled 'Roade through the camera', ISBN 978-0-9563496-0-6, 2009 has a small piece on… Started by Ross Howard |
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Two new SMJ related ArticlesIn June 'Railway Bylines' Barry Taylor continues his 'SMJ Revisited' series covering the Towcester to Ettington section. In June 'Steam Day… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Jun 8, 2012 Reply by Barry Taylor |
Web SiteJust to let you know the site has no problems with me. Still logging in watching quietly. Regards Dave Hayward Started by Dave Hayward |
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Ghost StoriesI've just read 'Mysterious Northamptonshire' by Daniel Codd (Breedon Books 2009) which contains a couple of references to the SMJR and to t… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Byfield-Charwelton articleRex Partridge's article about Byfield & Charwelton Iron Ore quarries is slated for publication in the June edition of Steam Days. The t… Started by Stephen |
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Apr 18, 2012 Reply by Stephen |
SMJR Revisited Part 2 now outBarry Taylor's very interesting series about the SMJ is continued in April 2012 ' Railway Bylines' now on sale, with coverage of the Bliswo… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Apr 4, 2012 Reply by John Evans |
Woodford Halse Model Railway Club's Woodford layoutThe Woodford Halse Archive are having an open day at the Social Club, formerly known as The Furze, on Sunday 13th May, when it will be poss… Started by Dick Bodily |
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