‘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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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
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SMJ photos
Black 5 at Towcester Station, mid 60's (Ron Fisher)
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Comment by Gary on December 14, 2012 at 7:39
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It is in the "loop" so perhaps she has been caught mid shunt.
Looking at the exhaust and steam is there a possibility she's actually setting back? I know such evidence of the steam and exhaust cannot be taken for 100% but just a thought.
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Comment by John Evans on December 13, 2012 at 20:47
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Nice shot. 5287 was a Northampton regular but the train looks to be running "wrong line."
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Comment by Ron Fisher on July 2, 2009 at 22:01
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Towcester in Northamptonshire was once a junction station on the Stratford upon Avon and Midland Junction Railway. It boasted a supurb signal box which can be seen in this January, 1964 view wiith Black 5 class 4-6-0 45287 on a freight working. Passenger services on the SMJ had been withdrawn long before this time.
Ron Fisher.
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