Network Rail Class 950001 at Abbotswood Junction, Worcester | Class 66 Freight & Passenger Trains |

🚆 Abbotswood Junction, Worcester | Class 950001 Track Recording Unit | Freight & Passenger Trains

Join me at Abbotswood Junction, just south of Worcester, one of the busiest railway junctions in the West Midlands, where Great Western Railway, CrossCountry and freight services converge.

On this visit we witness a fantastic variety of traction, including the increasingly rare Network Rail Class 950001 Track Recording Unit, making one of its monitoring runs through the junction. With the unique Class 950 due to be withdrawn in favour of a converted Class 153, every appearance is becoming more significant.

Also featured is DB Cargo Class 66 No. 66427 powering through with the daily Tesco intermodal service:

🚛 4V44 10:42 Daventry DRS (Tesco) – Wentloog Freightliner Terminal

Alongside these special workings, there are plenty of regular Great Western Railway and CrossCountry passenger services passing through this busy location.

📍 About Abbotswood Junction

Abbotswood Junction has a fascinating railway history. The junction was created around 1850, when the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway connected with the Bristol & Gloucester Railway just outside Worcester.

A station originally known as Worcester Junction opened in November 1850 by the Midland Railway. It was renamed Abbot’s Wood Junction on 1 March 1852, before closing just over three years later on 1 October 1855. Although the station has long disappeared, the junction itself remains an important part of the national rail network today.

🚄 Featured Train

Network Rail Class 950001

* Built in 1987 by British Rail Engineering Ltd. at Holgate Road Works, York.
* A unique two-car diesel multiple unit based on the Sprinter family.
* Built specifically as a track assessment and infrastructure monitoring unit.
* The only Class 950 ever built.
* Operated by Network Rail.

Network Rail has announced that 950001 is due to be withdrawn, with its duties expected to be taken over by a converted Class 153. This makes footage of this unique train increasingly rare and historically significant.

If you enjoy railway videos featuring freight, passenger trains, rare workings and infrastructure monitoring trains, this is one you won’t want to miss!

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Timecodes:

0:00 - Abbotswood Junction

00:30 - 66427 - 4V44 1042 Daventry Drs (Tesco) to Wentloog (Freightliners)

01:00 - Abbotswood Junction

08:04 - 950001 - 2Q08 1202 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) to Canton Taff Vale Sidings