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 on Saturday.
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 on Saturday.
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.
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.
http://www.smj.meThe SMJ was a small enigmatic line which ran across the empty heart of Northampton… Tags: whole, - Andy Thompson Mar 22, 2011 273 views
5 inch gauge Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Rly No. 16 is steamed for the first time in m… Tags: gauge, locomotive Peter S Lewis Aug 6, 2012 194 views
Sort of SMJ, and given the fact that this box is now but a memory, I thought relevant! Andy I worke… Tags: Box, Signal Andy Thompson Jul 14, 2011 222 views
http://www.smj.me The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland junction Railway was a small railway which… Tags: &, Midland Andy Thompson Mar 17, 2011 279 views
Hard to believe that there was ever a railway here. Greens Norton Junction has all but been erased… Tags: 2011, Greens Andy Thompson Mar 18, 2011 200 views
Recently infamous because of the bridge strike, Fenny Compton station site still boasts a platform,… Tags: 11, Fenny Andy Thompson Mar 18, 2011 142 views
Of all the stations visited so far this, in its own way most shocking at the almost total lack of a… Tags: 11, Kineton Andy Thompson Mar 18, 2011 120 views
Alwyn mentioned this survivor so we just had to go see and record it. Located right nest to the A46… Tags: Austerity, Junction Andy Thompson Mar 18, 2011 207 views
There has been quite recent work done here and the station site is gradually disappearing with just… Tags: 2011, Blakesley Andy Thompson Mar 18, 2011 130 views
A brief video covering the trackbed from the over bridge for the GWR Honeybourne line and the start… Tags: Stratford, video Gary Mar 4, 2011 210 views
Stay with the 30/40 seconds of black to start with. Great shots of Byfield and the inside of the box Tags: GCR, halse Andy Thompson Jan 3, 2011 396 views
SMJR. The Canada Pit was situated East of Towcester off the SMJR by the current A43 at Showsley nr… Tags: Catchgate, Quarry Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 106 views
An excerpt from a 1975(?) BBC radio programme "Railways Remembered" featuring the memories of a for… Tags: memories, SMJ Andy Thompson Nov 1, 2010 196 views
Passing beneath the former bridge over the Avon at Stratford which used to carry the SMJ. The footi… Tags: east, and Andy Thompson Aug 1, 2010 108 views
The London and Birmingham Railway, under Robert Stephenson, bypassed Northamptonshire's capital tow… Tags: Blisworth Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 120 views
The position here is that the branch to Gayton Wood Pit was, in its later stages at least, not real… Tags: farm, quarry Andy Thompson Jul 8, 2010 146 views
From screen grabs from old, out of copyright maps Tags: wood, Ravenstone Andy Thompson Jun 13, 2009 164 views
SMJ. Working on the Stratford-Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway the 'Ro-Railer' was equipped… Tags: Railer, Ro Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 162 views
Apologies for the quality of this video. 'Broom Junction' layout is a very accurate representation.… Tags: SMJ, E&WR Dick Bodily Nov 21, 2009 252 views
A photo mosiac of the walk I took in Jan 2009. Not brilliant and I have to say I wish I had taken m… Gary Aug 9, 2009 112 views
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