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
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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
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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
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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
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Second installment of the 4F's return to steam enjoy :) Tags: part, 2 Andy Thompson Aug 10, 2011 144 views
For the first time since 1988 43924 is finally steamed after a long effort by us lads in the shed w… Tags: Test, Steam Andy Thompson Aug 10, 2011 188 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.meThe SMJ was a small enigmatic line which ran across the empty heart of Northampton… Tags: whole, - Andy Thompson Mar 22, 2011 273 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
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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
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
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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
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
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Charles William Bartholomew, the owner and 'Squire' of the parishes was a civil engineer and in 190… Tags: Bartholemew, hall Andy Thompson Aug 8, 2009 255 views
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From screen grabs from old, out of copyright maps Tags: wood, Ravenstone Andy Thompson Jun 13, 2009 164 views
A montage of 'Google map' images of the Blisworth - Banbury section of the SMJ Tags: space, from Andy Thompson Jun 1, 2009 108 views
The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway. SMJ. Eric started work on the SMJ in 1941 a… Tags: Eric, Pickles. Andy Thompson May 24, 2009 138 views
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