‘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
Potential rolling stock survivor?
http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=4685
Does anyone any ideas as to where it is exactly or whether it was possibly a carriage that ran on the line?
Very long shot and I know that the reference appears long in teh tooth but it is a new one to me.
G
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What led you to think it might Gary?
Andy
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Andy Thompson said:What led you to think it might Gary?
Andy
Well such stock would have gravitated to the lesser lines such as the SMJR - if you look at some of the photos the stock is not of modern (for the time) standard.
Also I believe that stock, such as this, that was reused as storage & living accomodation was initially delivered by rail.
I suspect we will never know what stock ran on the line as I doubt people logged the carriage numbers but thought this one could be worth a stab at.
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