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Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway

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Towcester

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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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Stoke Bruerne

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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness - Keats had kicked the proverbial bucket before the S&MJ or any of its constituent parts had been built; but ...
Ken Strachan 29/09/2022

I dont know whether this footbridge over the South end of a lock is original; but to coin a phrase, that's an impressive set of curves. View looks ...
Ken Strachan 17/09/2021

I always like to find crossings of disused trackbeds. Left to right was the S&MJ - also known as the Slow, Mouldy and Jolting; whereas I was following ...
Ken Strachan 17/09/2021

At first glance, this may seem to be purely a canal shot. But thanks to my brother, who sent me a slim publication which he found in a charity shop, I ...
Ken Strachan 04/06/2019

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Roade Junction

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Salcey Forest

A short lived single platform station. The platform and station building were on the north side of the single track railway.
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Abandoned and overgrown agricultural equipment merely adds to the atmosphere when walking on the 'Slow, Mouldy, and Jolting'. ...
Ken Strachan 08/03/2019

Spot the relic - 111 years after the demolition of the Salcey Forest goods shed, you can still see bits of brickwork and rail. There is also a ...
Ken Strachan 08/03/2019

Never give up too easily - as I did when faced with this apparently impenetrable wall of vegetation at Quinton in 2010 see image 30921. This time ...
Ken Strachan 08/03/2019

This road bridge some way West of Salcey Forest station is very well preserved - not least because the road over it, ironically, is also disused. I ...
Ken Strachan 08/03/2019

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Ravenstone Wood Junction

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Bedford and Northampton Railway

Stratford-upon-Avon, Towcester and Midland Junction Railway

Locations along the line

Towcester

Stoke Bruerne

Roade Junction

Salcey Forest

Ravenstone Wood Junction

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