Derailment of a freight train at Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, 27 December 2012.

At about 04:50 hrs on 27 December 2012, a freight train derailed about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Barrow upon Soar station, Leicestershire. One of the rails of the line on which the train was travelling, dipped due to the failure of the supporting embankment. The locomotive and first...