‘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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Forum Discussions (383)
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Can anyone help?I've received a request through a Northants family tree website for any information on a George Brown, born c.1836 and onetime stationmaste… Started by John Whitehead |
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ISlide Show.Is there any interest in a slide show (old fashioned type) featuring Kineton Military Railway (KMR) and other military railways? Show would… Started by IAIN GEORGE MACKINTOSH PARDOE |
0 | Feb 16, 2012 |
SMJ No 1 and Colonel StephensIt has always been a mystery why the good colonel named this loco 'Morous' when he bought it from the SMJ in 1910 for the Shropshire and Mo… Started by Peter James Phillips |
0 | Feb 14, 2012 |
The Avon BridgeThere have been a number of references to the Avon bridge in recent publications and unfortunatly some mis-information has surfaced. I have… Started by John Jennings |
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Feb 6, 2012 Reply by David Blagrove |
SMJ ADVERTHello, Here's an advertisement for our line. I beleive it is from the Railway Year Book. It is undated but as it is advertising the Shake… Started by Si Donal |
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Jan 25, 2012 Reply by Lloyd Penfold |
Woodford Article in February 2012 Steam DaysThis month's Steam Days has an interesting article about Woodford Shed's history which may be of interest even though it's not actually abo… Started by Dick Bodily |
0 | Jan 21, 2012 |
Modifications to Towcester building date?I have only just noticed that the upper windows on the Banbury/Stratford wall of the main station building (small ones below the eves) were… Started by Gary |
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Dec 28, 2011 Reply by Barry Taylor |
Addition to SMJ Steam in the Sixties AlbumAfter uploading the photos in this album, I discovered a neatly drawn table in my rather scrappy notebook for 1964/65 which showed the stea… Started by John Cosford |
0 | Nov 23, 2011 |
3 New Albums from the SixtiesAt last! I have now finally sorted out my thousands of 35mm slides, located the remaining SMJ ones, scanned the better/more interesting pho… Started by John Cosford |
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Nov 23, 2011 Reply by John Cosford |
Line TourThis year I had planned to try to visit every station on the line but one thing and another I've not managed to but I was thinking recently… Started by Gary |
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Nov 19, 2011 Reply by Gary |
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