‘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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Broom History Group Event 9th November 2024
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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.
SMJ photos
SMJR Bridge 1a
Anyone know exactly what the purpose of this bridge was? It crosses a stream north of the SMJ embankment and seems to have been on the same level as the SMJ track.
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Comment by Dick Bodily on February 23, 2013 at 11:51
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What with all the recent interesting correspondence from Nigel, Barry and others about Blisworth Ironstone Sidings, I've featured this picture and one of the possible ground frame base so that they are easy for anyone to have a look at via the 'All Photos' link. For even further confusion I'm fairly certain that this is the bridge that Tonks shows (Page 37 Vol3) as being a bridge over the Standard gauge Gayton Quarry to LNWR line which had chutes for loading wagons. I think that he was confusing this bridge with Bridge 2 which was used for loading wagons. I don't that think Bridge 1a ever crossed the Standard gauge quarry line.
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Comment by Andy Thompson on March 26, 2011 at 14:10
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All we know is that is bridge 1a. If anyone has any further info, we love to hear it.
Andy
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