Image Route of former SMJR, Roade
Route of former SMJR, Roade
Route of former SMJR, Roade I have taken a similar image to this before but with the field that actually fronts my house off to the right having just been treated to a light tilling (rather than a full-blown plough) by the farmer two days previously the lighter-coloured soil again reveals the route of the former SMJR (Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway) that once passed this location on an embankment and after emerging from the partly hidden road bridge to the left adjacent to the water tower. The eagle-eyed will have spotted that the road bridge that carries Ashton Road is a twin portal version but interestingly, the SMJR was only ever single track at this location leading to its junction with the Midland Railway's Bedford to Northampton (via Olney) route that it joined at the very remotely located Ravenstone Wood Junction. Notice the weak shadow of myself in the centre foreground! Keywords: Route of former SMJR Roade
Route of former SMJR, Roade I have taken a similar image to this before but with the field that actually fronts my house off to the right having just been treated to a light tilling (rather than a full-blown plough) by the farmer two days previously the lighter-coloured soil again reveals the route of the former SMJR (Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway) that once passed this location on an embankment and after emerging from the partly hidden road bridge to the left adjacent to the water tower. The eagle-eyed will have spotted that the road bridge that carries Ashton Road is a twin portal version but interestingly, the SMJR was only ever single track at this location leading to its junction with the Midland Railway's Bedford to Northampton (via Olney) route that it joined at the very remotely located Ravenstone Wood Junction. Notice the weak shadow of myself in the centre foreground! Keywords: Route of former SMJR Roade


I have taken a similar image to this before but

with the field that actually fronts my house off to the right having just been treated to a light tilling (rather than a full-blown plough) by the farmer two days previously the lighter-coloured soil again reveals the route of the former SMJR (Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway) that once passed this location on an embankment and after emerging from the partly hidden road bridge to the left adjacent to the water tower. The eagle-eyed will have spotted that the road bridge that carries Ashton Road is a twin portal version but interestingly, the SMJR was only ever single track at this location leading to its junction with the Midland Railway's Bedford to Northampton (via Olney) route that it joined at the very remotely located Ravenstone Wood Junction. Notice the weak shadow of myself in the centre foreground!