‘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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Blisworth - Towcester ETS working
Electric train staff equipment had been brought into use between Blisworth and Towcester by 9 August 1910 (date of SMJR minute 451 (TNA file RAIL 674/3)) and presumably the new signal box at Blisworth appeared at the same time. In that this was so…Continue
Started by Richard Maund on Saturday.
Blisworth 1920
SMJ board minute 1474 of 13 April 1921 (TNA file RAIL 674/4) approved that “the following expenditure be charged to Capital” for year 1920: “Blisworth: Signalling and alterations to Permanent Way, Improvements and additional signalling: £800”. In…Continue
Started by Richard Maund on Saturday.
Evesham Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway 8 Replies
Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.
Bidford-on-Avon 5 Replies
Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.
SMJ photos
SMJ flight 7
Typical west Northamptonshire scenery near Blakesley. The lack of towns and big villages meant a lack of business on the trains. It's easy to see this from the air, even when so much more development has taken place.
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Comment by John Evans on October 8, 2010 at 1:15
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That's what I remember. I had to stay north of the SMJ as there was big race meeting at SIlverstone (probably the Grand Prix) with a big exclusion zone south of the SMJ. I have another picture of the samew flight I cannot iudentify - I think it was taken near Bidford. It's on my Flickr site (www.flickr.com/photos/the-evanses). Thanks for your comments. When I am home sometime it would be fun to take you on this trip.
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Comment by Dick Bodily on October 6, 2010 at 18:19
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Not 100% sure where this is, but think the road at the bottom might be the Greens Norton to Bradden Road as there are only two other places where the line is crossed by a road between Greens Norton Junction and Morton Pinkney and they are next to Blakesley and Morton Pinkney stations and I'm pretty sure its neither of these. I think you are looking toward Blakesley.
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