‘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 photos
Ravenstone Wood Junction
Although the SMJ tracks had been removed 18 months earlier, this view from the signal box gives an impression of how remote this junction was. This view looks towards Northampton on April 29 1966 from inside the signal box. Pictures of this location are surprisingly rare, but you had to walk along a one mile track to get there!
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Comment by Andy Thompson on July 3, 2012 at 19:57
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Gary and I walked down from Piddington station were we had a great afternoon with Norman the station owner Andy
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Comment by Gary on April 23, 2012 at 15:31
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Hi John,
My mistake I had not realised that the small stub you had mentioned was just a little further back - teach me to check dates on pictures.
From track level taken last March (2011) it is indeed a sad sight. http://thesmjr.ning.com/photo/ravenstone-wood-junction-157/next?con...
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Comment by John Evans on April 23, 2012 at 15:20
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The points were still there (see one of my other pictures taken on this day) with a very short stub to the SMJ. The points are just to the l;eft of the picture. The ballast is there on the Northampton-Bedford line. This line was dismantled between February and May 1967 - lots of shots on my Flickr site. I have not been here since 1966 when I took these pictures. I'm sure I would be depressed! I got to travel on the Bedford line demolition train - it was easy to get a pass as I was a journalist on the evening paper in Northampton and BR were very co-operative.
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Just as an aside the white "bin" on the right is still there and was photographed by myself on the mini tour last year - see the appropriate album. This is helpful as it gives a good reference to the site today.
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It is interesting to not that they appear to have dug out the ballast and that the rails are still rusty and yet the point work appears to have been removed.
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