‘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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More building at Towcester 2 Replies
I hear there has been more building at the station site in Towcester.Anyone know what they've dug up?…Continue
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Started by Andy Thompson. Last reply by Nigel Nov 7, 2024.
Broom History Group Event 9th November 2024
Broom History Group will be holding an event at Broom Village Hall 2-4pm on 9th November 2024 including a film on the railway and Broom Junction.…Continue
Started by Simon Stevens Oct 25, 2024.
Misunderstanding Easton Neston 2 Replies
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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
Started by Jack Freuville Aug 29, 2024.
SMJ photos
Nr Roade
Ah, here's the sign on Bridge No 158 near Roade. A few days later we mounted a "rescue" party and removed it. But attempts to find a Trespass Notice were less successful - we were told someone visited the line and removed all those that remained. July 22 1965.
Albums: SMJ 1964 onwards
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Comment by Dick Bodily on October 5, 2010 at 20:35
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The people who demolished the station at Blakesley sold off signs etc. to people who wanted to buy them. They vandalised a lot of the unsold stuff such as signalarms and probably the splendid oil lanterns that adorned the platforms. How I would have loved one of those. My dad managed to acquire a SMJ Trespass notice which I later sold to a railwayana collector from Dunstable on Dad's behalf. I'm pretty sure he sold it on to buy or swop for other stuff as his speciality was SR memorabilia, he had two splendid WC Pacific nameplates with crest in his collection. I'm sure his wife had no idea how much they were worth! Dad got a fair price for it from this fellow at the time which I couldn't hope to match and I wanted him to have the money so it left our family. I often wonder where it ended up, it was unrestored and still had a rusted bolt afixed. I have got an LMS bridge sign from the line whichis nice because my grandad worked as brickie maintaining bridges for the SMJ and later the LMS.
Dick
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