‘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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Silent Movie Image of the Karrier Ro-RailerHi 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 |
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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 |
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Oct 20, 2009 Reply by Andy Thompson |
Clive Boardman - Woodford fireman ( '56-'58) remembering trips along the SMJClive 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 |
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Oct 8, 2009 Reply by Gary |
Materials getting lostI 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 |
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Oct 7, 2009 Reply by Gary |
nicknamesWel - 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 |
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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 |
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Sep 3, 2009 Reply by Gary |
Slow Miserable and JoltyIn 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 |
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Sep 1, 2009 Reply by Dick Bodily |
Slow Miserable and JoltyCan I please correct the title someone used on the SMJ site and I reproduce abpve. The correct 'joky' title - and one with proper aliterat… Started by adrian vaughan |
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Sep 1, 2009 Reply by Dick Bodily |
MORETON PINKNEY SMJI moved to Moreton Pinkney in 1986. My parents house was on the Canons Ashby Road at the bottom of which was the old bridge that crossed th… Started by Si Donal |
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Aug 29, 2009 Reply by Si Donal |
Bridge 149I was interested to be reminded of Bridge 149 at Towcester. One of the features of the SMJ was the big cast iron diamond shaped warning si… Started by Peter Fleming |
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Aug 13, 2009 Reply by Peter Fleming |
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