‘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 yesterday.

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 yesterday.

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

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What unusual classes on SMJ metals do you know of ?

I am trying to put together a list of all the locomotive types that have ever been recorded on the SMJR routes. (ie. Cockley Brake Junction - Blisworth SMJR, Towcester - Broom Junction, Towcester - Ravenstone Junction). I've used this website, all the standard reference books, plus 'Last Years of the GCR Main line' and my own observations. So far I've got a list of 70!

I need help with the following:-
. diesel classes used on trains to Kineton depot since closure of the SMJR
. can anyone identify what class ex- LYR No 12103 was? because it worked the SMJ!
. can anyone confirm the following classes on the SMJ: Modified Hall, Jinty, Sulzer Type 2 diesel?
. ANYTHING YOU THINK MIGHT NOT BE ON MY LIST!

Among exotics on the list so far are 'Jumbo' 2-4-0s, SR U Mogul, Robinson O4 2-8-0, K3 2-6-0 and Patriot!

Looking forward to hearing from you

Dick

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Permalink Reply by Gary on July 15, 2009 at 9:34
Don't forget that the Pannier 6435 still exists...
Permalink Reply by Dick Bodily on July 15, 2009 at 11:38
I think its perhaps time to start a new discussion ' Preserved engines that ran over SMJR metals' Thanks for all the new info everyone. Does anyone (John?) know for certain if a County or a Manor ever used the triangle?

Dick
Permalink Reply by Gary on July 15, 2009 at 13:03
Done....
sorry for the tread slippage Dick...

Dick said:
I think its perhaps time to start a new discussion ' Preserved engines that ran over SMJR metals' Thanks for all the new info everyone. Does anyone (John?) know for certain if a County or a Manor ever used the triangle?

Dick
Permalink Reply by John Jennings on July 16, 2009 at 11:39
I can confirm 92212 on at least three occasions on mineral trains or empties. Only Hawkesworth County that I know ever used the triangle was 1012 on 9.6.62. Manor 7808 I have recorded at Old Town on 10.8.63 but regret that the note does not confirm whether it was just turning or on a train. I believe that 7808 is preserved. I am sure that there will be other Manors it is just finding the time to get through the records. There were a few of them around the West Midlands in 1962-5 nominally allocated to 85A but they seemed to shuffle around our patch a lot. I think Banbury had one or two for a time as well. It looks like the only GW named class not to appear was King and they were of course barred from the North Warwicks line although one of the preserved ones has got to Stratford in more recent times. Now how about this for consideration...There were a couple of GW 14xx class 0-4-2T at Banbury for use on the Biscester shuttles when that service either ceased or went to DMU the 14xx were withdrawn and towed away dead for scrap. I was told by one of the Kineton signalmen many months after the event that one of the 14xx was included (dead) in a freight heading for South Wales overnight sometime in late 1962. I have never been able to confirm this sole account although it is entirely feasable as many 14xx class locos were cut up in Sharpness or South Wales. Can anyone add to this?

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