Week commencing Sunday 28th November 2010. Night shifts at Worcester Shrub Hill Signal Box.

A week of night turns commenced at 18.00 on the Sunday and a very interesting time it would prove to be. This day marked the beginning of a nasty cold snap of weather with widespread snow, ice, frost and sub-zero temperatures. The usual week-nights of engineering possessions between Shrub Hill and Hereford took place commencing on the Monday night and early on the Tuesday morning the stoneblower came in and stabled over in the tamper sidings in the yard. That was the one and only time it worked during this particular week, due to the weather. On the Tuesday night the possession was extended to include the lines from Shrub Hill to Norton Junction in order to deal with outstanding track defects, but this work was eventually cancelled due to resourcing difficulties; a further attempt was made the following night but not without further problems.