‘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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SMJ keys from the Towcester area

I have been contacted by someone who wishes to dispose of two sets of SMJ-related keys from the Towcester area, but does not want to put personal email or other details on this website. They have been given to him by the estate manager at Easton…Continue

Started by Barry Taylor Aug 21.

Bridge sign 3 Replies

An East and West Junction and Stratford-On-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railways bridge weight notice, cast iron, 16½"x11¾", the front repainted. As is usual, the company title has been altered to Stratford-On-Avon and Midland Junction…Continue

Started by Graham Ward. Last reply by Russ Firth Jun 1.

SMJ Postage stamps 1911 and 1924

A couple of items recently up for auction.GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND STRATFORD-UPON-AVON & MIDLAND JUNCTION: 6…Continue

Started by Graham Ward May 21.

More building at Towcester 3 Replies

I hear there has been more building at the station site in Towcester.Anyone know what they've dug up?…Continue

Tags: Towcester

Started by Andy Thompson. Last reply by John Evans Apr 19.

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A trace from the Beyer Peacock Archive Drawing. Dated 1880, this is E&WJR No 2, later SMJ No 2A and LMS 2300. Details of the brakes have been ommitted from the drawing. The original drawing is scled at 10mm/1 foot.

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Comment by Simon Dunkley on September 5, 2010 at 9:13
The details in the MOSI search engine for this are:
Collection: Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd
Object summary: General arrangement drawing of East & West Junction Railway '0-6-0' locomotive
Order No 6021
Name of Draughtsman: Fox
Registration number: A1966.24/MS0001/3/31047

This produces a thunmbnail image, click on this get an image at 23%, which can be resized.
The URL, assuming I can get this to work properly, is:
http://emu.msim.org.uk/htmlmn/web/pages/common/imagedisplay_mosi.ph...

The MOSI search engine is not the easiest to use, and there is facility to order things (as far as I could tell) by, say, order number or date.

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