RAILSCOT | Midland Counties and South Wales Railway

Sheep may safely graze on the trackbed of the Slow, Mouldy and Jolting. The wooden post in the background is approximately on the centre of the ...
Ken Strachan 01/09/2022

Sadly, this road over rail bridge is the only relic of the once extensive layout of Towcester station. It took the old Tiffield road over the Olney ...
Ken Strachan 10/02/2017

Trunk route, or branch line? Just West of the site of the former Towcester station, this tree is growing happily from an accommodation bridge ...
Ken Strachan 11/03/2016

Beeching's conundrum: looking North at the A43, a dual carriageway which at this point runs parallel to the trackbed of the S&MJ, at 3.40 on a Friday ...
Ken Strachan 11/03/2016

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Tiffield

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If anyone tells you that the S&MJ or its component parts are now O&I (Overgrown and Inaccessible), they're not kidding. But I found it strangely ...
Ken Strachan 29/09/2022

'Slow, Mouldy, and Jolting'... and now decrepit: this bridge over the former SMJ link from Towcester to the WCML is now well into its dotage with a ...
Ken Strachan 05/02/2010

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Blisworth Junction

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See also
London and Birmingham Railway
Peterborough Branch (London and Birmingham Railway)

Midland Counties and South Wales Railway

Locations along the line

Cockley Brake Junction

Helmdon Village (SMJ)

Wappenham

Green's Norton Junction

Towcester

Tiffield

Blisworth Junction

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