‘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' 

Gone but not forgotten: "the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth"


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Loco N° 5. 2-4-0T

Hi everybodyI’m building a OO gauge model of Fenny Compton and Clifford Sidings over here in Belgium.Quite a strange idea but so be it…In view of this I plan to transform a RTR Beatie Well Tank into SMJR N° 5 the 2-4-0T and use some etchings for the…Continue

Started by Jack Freuville Aug 29.

Olney BRM Sept 2023

Layouts based on actual SMJR locations are few and far between. Due to being given notice on clubroom, Olney as featured in BRM Sept 2023 is for sale!This is a rare opportunity to acquire a beautiful, 15 years in the making, ready to run model…Continue

Started by Nicholas Young Jul 26.

Smj exploring and making new youtube videos 1 Reply

Hi all members.I was wondering if you could help by subscribing to my YouTube channel ‘NWP EXPLORING’ Mainly railway history and some exploring the SMJ .im planning to explore and video more of the SMJ ,  and if you have a desired area you would…Continue

Started by Neil. Last reply by Henry Jul 10.

Funny Story about Kineton Military Railway 2 Replies

An improbable, funny, but absolutely true story relating to the Kineton military railway.Long after my Army days I still retained an affection and passing interest in Kineton ammunition depot where I served during the 1960s. Coupled to a 'love' of…Continue

Started by Dave Hayward. Last reply by Henry Jul 10.

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SMJ BEYER PEACOCK IMAGES - UNPUBLISHED?

Dear All, Following a hunch that the Beyer Peacock record would be retained at the Museum of Science and Industy in Manchester, I found th…

Started by Si Donal

4 Nov 2, 2009
Reply by Barry Taylor

A LINK WITH SMJ INTEREST

Dear All, I am sure the die hard SMJ enthusiats will have seen this but I found this site which has many pictures and details of the SMJ's…

Started by Si Donal

0 Oct 29, 2009

New Photos

For your information I have just added two photographs of SMJ No 5 in a later life as WD 94 at Catterick Camp Military Railway that may be…

Started by Dave Hayward

0 Oct 28, 2009

Silent Movie Image of the Karrier Ro-Railer

Hi all, I have drawn a blank at the British Film Institute in getting a copy of the Ro-Railer's publicity images. However thanks to the in…

Started by Si Donal

5 Oct 26, 2009
Reply by Peter S Lewis

The last passenger train on the SMJ?

Can we confirm that Ex-GWR Pannier Tank 6435 was the last passenger carrying train (although it was a spoecial and not a scduled run) over…

Started by Andy Thompson

12 Oct 20, 2009
Reply by Andy Thompson

Clive Boardman - Woodford fireman ( '56-'58) remembering trips along the SMJ

Clive Boardman was a fireman at Woodford from 1956-8. This was before the Stratford south curve was installed. He remembers night time work…

Started by Dick Bodily

2 Oct 8, 2009
Reply by Gary

Materials getting lost

I have read recently heard the (valid) point that things are getting lost, fragmented on the website. I would love some feed-back from you…

Started by Andy Thompson

14 Oct 7, 2009
Reply by Gary

nicknames

Wel - Hello David. It has been a VERY long time since I had the chance to read something yu write. What a great surprise - but then I reca…

Started by adrian vaughan

0 Sep 21, 2009

Potential rolling stock survivor?

Once again folks I was having a trawl around the web & found this listing: http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?

Started by Gary

2 Sep 3, 2009
Reply by Gary

Slow Miserable and Jolty

In former times just about everything and everybody had a nickname, a trend that seems to be becoming unfashionable or not PC. The Stratfor…

Started by Dick Bodily

8 Sep 1, 2009
Reply by Dick Bodily

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