‘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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Banana Specials and Race Day Excursions.Does anyone know the date of the final banana special to run over the SMJ - enroute from Avonmouth to Somers Town? Also in which year did… Started by Robin Cullup |
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Dec 29, 2009 Reply by David Blagrove |
Another Special Train near ByfieldThis special running on Sunday 9th August 1959, ran from Kings Cross to Kings Cross utilising part of the SMJ in the itinerary. The train a… Started by Robin Cullup |
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Dec 8, 2009 Reply by Dick Bodily |
Aston Le WallsGentlemen! Another request, we have missed out Aston Le Walls as a station on the former E&W section of the of SMJ as was. I know it… Started by Andy Thompson |
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Nov 28, 2009 Reply by Dick Bodily |
The SMJ RememberedWhile editing tags, wrongly captioned pix, etc. on this website, I've put together a collection of your photos from everybody's photos on t… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Nov 19, 2009 Reply by Andy Thompson |
Lost Railways of WarwickshireIn case anyone's interested, my book "Lost Railways of Warwickshire", published by Countryside Books, is now in the shops. Chapter 7 is dev… Started by Geoffrey Kingscott |
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Nov 13, 2009 Reply by Geoffrey Kingscott |
A proposal!Gentlemen! I would like, from here forth we be know as "The Unofficial SMJ Society" All those in favour say 'yeah'! Andy Started by Andy Thompson |
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Nov 12, 2009 Reply by Gary |
Midland Railway SocietyThe latest issue (no. 41, Autumn 2009) of the Journal of the Midland Railway Society features the SMJ, with a major article by Maurice Jeye… Started by Geoffrey Kingscott |
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Nov 6, 2009 Reply by Dick Bodily |
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 |
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Nov 2, 2009 Reply by Barry Taylor |
A LINK WITH SMJ INTERESTDear 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 |
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New PhotosFor 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 |
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