‘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
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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Coaches used on SMJ 1948-1952I was wondering if anybody could tell me what coaching stock was used on the SMJ between 1948-1952. I've started Building Byfield statio… Started by Clive |
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The Campion Family: SMJ employeesI would be grateful if anyone can let me know if there are any registers, documents or other employee information that exists where I might… Started by David Campion |
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Jul 25, 2019 Reply by David Campion |
Walking the SMJCareful scrutiny of the 1:25000 maps on Streetmap suggests that very little of the SMJ trackbed is a public right-of-way. There are short s… Started by Michael Roake |
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May 27, 2019 Reply by Simon Stevens |
Beyer Peacock 2-4-0T- As near as you can get to a E&WJR 2-4-0T nowadays!This is Isle of Man Railway Beyer Peacock 2-4-0T 'Mannin' which is about to be restored to running order so that it can deal with the hea… Started by Dick Bodily |
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Planning Application for Binton Station SiteI've just been told by friends from Welford that there's a planning application to redevelop the Binton Station site: Binton Station Planni… Started by Simon Stevens |
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Apr 27, 2019 Reply by Rob Davidson |
Site problems?my screen is all squashed up. Only happened recently, and jot on any other sites I use. Using Safari on iOS. Started by Simon Dunkley |
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Feb 28, 2019 Reply by Simon Dunkley |
Line SpeedProbably a question or an answer that is on here somewhere and I have missed it, but what was the line running speed? Always get the impres… Started by Gary |
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Feb 23, 2019 Reply by Peter S Lewis |
Interesting Ebay itemThanks to Gary for the heads up! https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254054775180 Andy Started by Andy Thompson |
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Jan 8, 2019 Reply by Phil Street |
Fenny Compton Goods shedHello Some time ago I posted a question concerning the goods shed at Fenny Compton as indicated in the book Track Layout diagrams of the Gr… Started by Jack Freuville |
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Jan 8, 2019 Reply by Simon Dunkley |
E&W JR first trainHello Does someone have a copy of the picture of the first train running on the East and West Junction Railway as stated in J Dunn’s book T… Started by Jack Freuville |
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Jan 7, 2019 Reply by Simon Dunkley |
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