‘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'
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SMJ Forum
magnet fishing
Hi everyone, yesterday I did some magnet fishing with the grandchildren from the SMJ bridge over the river Tove in Towester, to great excitement of the children (and myself) we pulled out three chair screws and a rivet which looked similar in style…Continue
Started by Steve Camm Sep 1.
One of the best preserved SMJ bridges? 1 Reply
I was at Ettington the other day and apart from the good shed, which has had a lot of money spent on it including full glazing, the station building is still there. But my attention went to the station bridge (No. 73?) which is in very good…Continue
Started by John Evans. Last reply by Andy Thompson Aug 30.
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.
SMJ photos
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Embankment walk 01:28
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
The unseen Blakesley video 05:26
Charles William Bartholomew, the owner and 'Squire' of the parishes was a civil engineer and in 190… Andy Thompson Aug 8, 2009 258 views
SMJ A43 to the Lucas Bridge 02:47
Andy Thompson Aug 8, 2009 120 views
Towcester to Ravenstone Wood 01:28
From screen grabs from old, out of copyright maps Andy Thompson Jun 13, 2009 168 views
SMJ from space part 1 02:55
A montage of 'Google map' images of the Blisworth - Banbury section of the SMJ Andy Thompson Jun 1, 2009 108 views
Part 1 of a series of interviews with Eric Pickles. May 2008
The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway. SMJ. Eric started work on the SMJ in 1941 a… Andy Thompson May 24, 2009 138 views
Blakesley Hall, Northamptonshire
Blakesley Hall, Northamptonshire near the village of Blakesley in the twin parishes of Woodend and… Andy Thompson May 24, 2009 118 views
SMJ memories
An excerpt from a 1975(?) BBC radio programme "Railways Remembered" featuring the memories of a for… Peter S Lewis May 23, 2009 128 views
Watch my SMJ films
Have you made any? We'd love to see them. Andy Thompson Apr 16, 2009 98 views
SMJ Trackbed
A journey along the SMJR trackbed from Broom Junction to Stratford-upon-Avon, courtesy Google earth. Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 114 views
smj The Ro Railer
SMJ. Working on the Stratford-Upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway the 'Ro-Railer' was equipped… Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 168 views
Blisworth - The start of the SMJ
The London and Birmingham Railway, under Robert Stephenson, bypassed Northamptonshire's capital tow… Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 120 views
Easton Neston - Canada Catchgate Quarry
SMJR. The Canada Pit was situated East of Towcester off the SMJR by the current A43 at Showsley nr… Andy Thompson Apr 11, 2009 108 views
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