‘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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Blisworth - Towcester ETS working
Electric train staff equipment had been brought into use between Blisworth and Towcester by 9 August 1910 (date of SMJR minute 451 (TNA file RAIL 674/3)) and presumably the new signal box at Blisworth appeared at the same time. In that this was so…Continue
Started by Richard Maund Apr 20.
Blisworth 1920
SMJ board minute 1474 of 13 April 1921 (TNA file RAIL 674/4) approved that “the following expenditure be charged to Capital” for year 1920: “Blisworth: Signalling and alterations to Permanent Way, Improvements and additional signalling: £800”. In…Continue
Started by Richard Maund Apr 20.
Evesham Redditch & Stratford-upon-Avon Junction Railway 8 Replies
Did this railway (as opposed to the East & West Junction Railway) go into receivership - if so, when. And when did it come out of receivership?Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 11.
Bidford-on-Avon 5 Replies
Shall we bring this discussion under the proper heading!So far as the OS plan surveyed 1885, published 1886, is concerned: the OS liked - wherever they could - to have text running parallel to the top and bottom borders. When they came to add the…Continue
Started by Richard Maund. Last reply by Richard Maund Feb 10.
SMJ photos
Towcester. Track layout to the east including Easton Neston Quarries
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Comment by Richard Woods on March 10, 2013 at 12:23
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Thanks, i'll have a look!
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Comment by NIGEL on March 10, 2013 at 8:55
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I have recently posted some photos of this junction site and there is still an old concrete signal post laying on the old track bed very near to this junction. Look under "Lloyds siding" for the photos. The remains of the old iron works site and the brick field and kilns site are still there, close by.
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Interesting. I was wondering about this junction, as i'm creating the route for Railworks. Towcester - Ravenstone Wood - Olney. Including the Blisworth Branch and a bonus section between Ravenstone Wood and Piddington Stations. All intermediate stations, bridges ect are included.
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There certainly was a junction here, and the line crossed the Tiffield road on the level. Close by there was an iron works and brickyard with kilns. This siding went all the way to the brick works at Tiffield, and the clay pits and ironstone workings at Showsley and Easton Neston. This junction had it's own signal box and there were sidings off this to the iron works. When the Ravenstone Wood junction line from Towcester was built in 1891, a connection was put in at Easton Neston to the brick yards, and the junction at A to these was dismantled. See map below.
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Was there a junction with point A and the Blisworth line at any pointin time?
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