‘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

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Bridge No 37A

Bridge No 37A

With the structure and plates removed, we surmised this was No 37 - but it was actually 37A. April 4 1966. It seems hard to believe that the SMJ was here first and the GC burrowed under it.

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Comment by les gee on November 24, 2012 at 20:56

Excellent pictures on the "Transport Archive" of the bridge being built with the SMJ line in place.

Comment by John Evans on November 12, 2012 at 22:53

Thanks for the correction Greg. I kinda realized something was wrong as the bridge was obviously built after the SMJ was complete, so could not have had a sequential number. I'll make a change.

Comment by Greg Scott on November 10, 2012 at 16:54

Hi John,

This is bridge No. 37A.  Bridge 37 (Preston Road) was the underline bridge approx. 50 chains back towards Moreton Pinkney, that was removed at some point during 1965.

Cheers,

Greg

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