‘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.
SMJ photos
Forum Discussions (383)
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Cross Country Running along the N&BJRJohn's picture (reproduced here) of the trackbed near bridge 120 brought back not necessarily pleasant memories of Towcester Grammar Sch… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Photo of 44186 at Fenny Compton (see photo section)I have recently purchased a photo (see SMJ photo section) showing 4F 44186, and on the back it states that it is at Fenny Compton on the Ra… Started by Barry Taylor |
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Aug 22, 2012 Reply by Barry Taylor |
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 |
0 | Aug 11, 2012 |
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 |
0 | Jun 20, 2012 |
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 |
0 | May 14, 2012 |
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 |
0 | May 8, 2012 |
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 |
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