‘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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Bridge near the Grand Union Canal
Just east of the Grand Union Canal, the SMJ crossed this track. This is the view on January 30 2011, when the canal was frozen over!
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Comment by John Evans on February 18, 2011 at 22:12
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Yes, you are right. In fact one of the very first railways was built over this hill - the Blisworth Hill Railway. It was constructed with L-shaped rails and the wagons had flangeless wheels that sat inside the tracks. A friend of mine, Victor Hatley, wrote a short history of it and walked me over the hill in 1966. We found examples of the old rails still there. The line was closed when the canal tunnel opened. It had horse power.
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Comment by Andy Thompson on February 17, 2011 at 7:11
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I believe this track to be the track over the tunnel where the horses were walked from one end of the canal tunnel to the other. Andy
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