A train on the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway has derailed after hitting a tractor on a farm crossing.
Details in the reports I've seen are sketchy, but it was a steam hauled train, with the locomotive ending up on it's side, the driver is reported to have jumped clear just before impact. The loco could be No.1 'Green Goddess' judging by what I can see in the grainy photos. The coaches all appear to have remained upright. There are reports of 5 people injured, none life-threatening.
There were 2 fatal accidents in 2003 & 2005 when RHDR trains collided with vehicles at 'open' level crossings, which prompted the railway to install automatic half barriers at all public level crossings, but this doesn't apply to the farm crossings on the line.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37328732
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/tr...-a3341791.html
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/hythe/ne...h-with-102247/
Tony