‘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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Join the 'Towcester 100 Club'! - Towcester Museumhttp://www.towcestermuseum.co.uk/takepart_100club.html Quote: "As an important part of our efforts to raise funds for the completion of t… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Mar 2, 2011 Reply by Andy Thompson |
Loco modelDear all A long time ago; 10 to 20 years, there was an advertisement in the Railway Modeler for a kit of a SMJR 0-6-0 tender loco Does anyb… Started by Jack Freuville |
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Feb 25, 2011 Reply by Gary |
The line as nature reservesOn out recent line tour we discovered that the trackbed from Bridge 6 to Tiffield is a nature reserve / pocket park http://www.tiffield-onl… Started by Gary |
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Breaking News !!15 february 2011. A low loader with a cherry picker completely destroys bridge No SJT1 62 This is the Fenny compton to wormleighton (underl… Started by Martin Broughton |
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Strange trough near bridge 6 - any thoughts?http://thesmjr.ning.com/photo/bridge-6-blisworth-to-7?context=latest Has anyone any ideas about the trough-like remains near bride 6? Go… Started by Andy Thompson |
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The SMJ Remembered (Cont)I've been through all the recently added pix and added to this album any pix of the SMJ as a working railway. There's also an older similar… Started by Dick Bodily |
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The SMJ Society - 10 years from now!Following on from the Binton station site discussion, I thought the talk had moved on so cut the last two entries over into this new thr… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Feb 10, 2011 Reply by Gary |
43924 Is On The Mend!4F #43924, an ex-SMJ loco is once more looking like it's old self; having had a new (or maybe refurbed) boiler lifted into place recently.… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Feb 10, 2011 Reply by Andy Thompson |
Get Together Two Anyone?All If we can have the venue once more, anyone up for our second get together at Stoke Bruerne? It'll give all those who couldn't make it… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Feb 3, 2011 Reply by alwyn sparrow |
Can anyone help Geoff with his PS?Hi Andy, I can't access one of the black and white videos on the SMJ site, it says "removed by the user". The video is called "last days… Started by Andy Thompson |
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