‘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
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.
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
Started by Simon Stevens. Last reply by Simon Stevens May 17.
SMJ photos
Towcester Station Water Tower
I'm wondering if anyone can help me out identifying the colours of the water tower at Towcester Station. I found a photo on the Web a couple of weeks back but now I've come to share it with my father I can't locate it anywhere. If any one has any coloured photos they wouldnt mind sharing I'd be really really grateful. Or perhaps someone can remember it and can at least describe it to us. Was it the same colors as the signal box???? Any help would be brilliant.
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Permalink Reply by Dick Bodily on
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Gillian,
There's a picture in 'London Midland Steam Finale ' by Michael Welch ( Runpast) pub 2000 which I am sure is still copyrighted. It clearly shows the whole structure to be a plain unpainted light grey metal, possibly galvanised steel. The actual tank is cuboid in shape and about half as long as tall and is supported on a bed of 5 open box section girders the open ends facing the lineside. The four supporting legs each consist of two separate vertical steel girders with five supporting tie bars up their length. the water pipe which is a darker colour possibly black is placed midway along the side nearest the station platform.
Dick Bodily
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Dick Bodily said:Gillian,
There's a picture in 'London Midland Steam Finale ' by Michael Welch ( Runpast) pub 2000 which I am sure is still copyrighted. It clearly shows the whole structure to be a plain unpainted light grey metal, possibly galvanised steel. The actual tank is cuboid in shape and about half as long as tall and is supported on a bed of 5 open box section girders the open ends facing the lineside. The four supporting legs each consist of two separate vertical steel girders with five supporting tie bars up their length. the water pipe which is a darker colour possibly black is placed midway along the side nearest the station platform.
Dick Bodily
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