"Hi Terry
Great to see that I'm not the only mad man interested in English pre-grouping railways on this side of the channel.
It'l be great to meet you and have a chat on our hobby.
Things have changed a bit since 2015
My phone N° is…"
‘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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Passenger Trains connected to the SMJ
Following on from the previous discussion about WD passenger trains on the SMJ during the 1940s; it must be said that passenger trains ran on metals connected to the SMJ until the mid 1960s. There was a passenger service from the nearest point to…Continue
Started by Dave Hayward Jun 16.
Wartime passenger trains from Burton Dassett 3 Replies
Arthur Jordan in his book, The Stratford Upon Avon and Midland Junction Railway - The Shakespeare Route at pp 82 mentions a WW2 late night special from Stratford on Avon to Burton Dassett for soldiers at the CAD. I would envisage that this did not…Continue
Started by Dave Hayward. Last reply by Dave Hayward Jun 16.
PPhoto Albums 1 Reply
AndyAbout two years ago I ended up with some railway matter from a Bill Kendall who had been a Signalman on SMJ ending his railway career at Northampton No 1. I worked with him when I was working in Rugby PSB, I also covered the signa?l boxes at…Continue
Started by Robin Leslie Patrick. Last reply by Dave Hayward Jun 8.
Broom Junction station site for sale 3 Replies
Great opportunity for an SMJ enthusiast perhaps. I'm not sure what you could actually do with this site though!…Continue
Started by Simon Stevens. Last reply by Simon Stevens May 17.
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Six Counties Railtour at Kineton from new book
Late snow is still lying on Sunday 7 March 1965 as two ex Southern Railway locomotives, Richard Maunsell designed U class 2-6-0 31639 leading Oliver Bulleid Q1 class 0-6-0 33006, running along the Stratford upon Avon and Midland Junction line on the…
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- At 8:31 on November 15, 2025,
Jack Freuville said…
Hi Terry
Great to see that I'm not the only mad man interested in English pre-grouping railways on this side of the channel.
It'l be great to meet you and have a chat on our hobby.
Things have changed a bit since 2015
My phone N° is now 0486717719
Mail : jfreuville@gmail.com
Please feel free to contact me when your back and free on a meeting
Kind regards
Jack
- At 11:05 on March 12, 2015,
Hi Terry
Great news the SMJR has come through the Eurotunnel
We’ll be seeing Beyer Peacocks at Bruxelles Midi soon (:-
I live in Rebecq 35 km south of Brussels. We even have our own narrow gauge preserved line which will start running in a few weeks. Unfortunately with a diesel engine since our steam engine is being re-tubed
http://rrrpreview.herokuapp.com/
It’ll be nice meeting you and I also like beer. I am retired so have time available. Please feel free to phone me so we can fix a date
067 63 79 35
Best regards
Jack Freuville
- At 18:58 on March 31, 2011,
Andy Thompson said…
HI Terry, welcome aboard. We look forward (may-be) hearing from your fiends too!
Andy
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