‘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
Accident Report 30/08/49
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Comment by Stephen on November 7, 2012 at 12:01
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The 'Round the World' would not have picked up ironstone wagons at Charwelton as it was 'asleep' in 1948. Charwelton was open from 1941 to 1944 and then shut along with Byfield in 1944, I think that Byfield re-opened in 1945. Charwelton re-opened in 1951.
Stephen Robbins
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Comment by Dick Bodily on November 5, 2012 at 12:12
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Si
I hadn't noticed the loco number on the report but can also confirm from a different source (The Engine Shed Society's allocation Excel files) that it was an Annesley (then 38B) loco at the time. This might suggest that it had been stopped at Woodford shed for some minor repair and was being tried out on the Round the World. I shall have to get on to Byfield's expert Rex to see if he has any info about this incident. He certainly be interested to hear about this.
Dick
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Comment by Si Donal on November 4, 2012 at 19:04
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Here's the offending locomotive, later in it's life:
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I think 63706 is an 04/7 In 1948 it was allocated to Annesley Shed. I got this detail from the Rail UK Steam Locomotive search facility.
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This would almost certainly have been the 'Round the World ' working from Woodford Yards, which picked up and set down iron ore trucks from Byfield and Charwelton. The crew would have been Woodford men and the loco would probably have been a J11 or an L1, but could have been almost anything that Woodford cared to use, especailly if they wanted to test out a failed loco that they had repaired on a working which never took the loco more than a couple of miles from Woodford shed. To find out more about this working, follow the link below to the 'Pickups' article and scrll down until you find the relevent info
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This is fascinating detail. To me, the last sentence is quite funny. I am not sure if the comment about "Eastern Region men" is perceived to be part of the problem?
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