Early Morning Railway Action at Worcester Shrub Hill | Freight, ECS + 20007 & 20205 To Eastleigh! |

Join me for two mornings of action at Worcester Shrub Hill, capturing the station as it wakes up with a mixture of passenger, freight and some welcome classic traction.

Both mornings feature the daily 4M37 03:03 Wentloog (Freightliner) – Daventry DRS (Tesco) service, hauled by 66431 on the first morning and 66425 on the second, providing a nice comparison of locomotives on the same working. Also making an appearance is 6M11 23:59 Margam T.C. – Round Oak, powered by 66158, adding another heavy freight movement to the mix.

As dawn breaks, there’s plenty of station activity with empty coaching stock being repositioned ahead of the first passenger departures of the day. West Midlands Railway units emerge from the Worcester Light Maintenance Depot to begin their daily diagrams, while Great Western Railway trains leave their overnight stabling points to form the first services of the morning, creating a constant flow of movements before the commuter rush begins.

To round things off, we also head to Worcestershire Parkway, where some welcome classic traction steals the show. Class 20s 20007 and 20205 are captured working 5O19 08:05 Kings Norton OT Plant Dept – Eastleigh Arlington (ZG), providing a rare and nostalgic highlight amongst the modern railway operations.

A varied couple of mornings featuring freight, depot movements, passenger stock preparations and heritage diesel power—there’s plenty to enjoy throughout.