‘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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Ravenstone Wood Junction
Now we are looking east at Ravenstone Wood Junction. Demolition trans have brightened up the rusty tracks. At this time they were running beyond Turvey. The signal optimistically points upwards but the only trains are the thrice-weekly demolition and recovery trains, headed by a pair of Sulzer Type 2 diesels.
Albums: SMJ 1964 onwards
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Comment by Andy Thompson on June 3, 2011 at 21:09
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John. I popped over to Horton to see Norman Oldfield at Piddington station - know him? Andy
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Comment by John Evans on June 2, 2011 at 16:55
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My last house in the UK was at Horton, so I walked down to where the junction used to be. As you say, it had all changed. On my Flickr site I am posting pictures of the demolition trains.
www.flickr.com/photos/the-evanses - SETS - DIESELS IN THE 1960s
I am going to the UK in December so I'll start looking at my 2500 color slides to find some SMJ stuff. These Ravenstone Wood pictures had never been printed, but are in my negative file which I have in the US - I've just bought a slide/negative scanner and there may be more SMJ stuff among the negatives. If so, I'll load it up. John
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I've walked down here John from Piddington station with Gary! Ravenstone Wood is not quite as your fab images portray! Andy
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