There was an original station named Breaston, but it was very soon renamed Sawley to prevent confusion with Beeston.

The broken tyre punctured the “clack-box” and the escape tap, releasing significant pressure from the boiler which filled the passenger-carriages with steam.

[3] On 16 March 1863[4] a coal train from Derby to Leicester was derailed near Sawley junction.

The 8.30pm passenger service from Nottingham to Derby arrived at the scene but was unable to proceed, so reversed on the wrong line to Draycott where it collided with another train waiting at the station at a speed of 6 or 7 m.p.h.

[5] On 17 January 1871[6] a passenger train left Derby at 8.38 a.m, and when passing through Draycott at speed, a tyre of the leading break van broke, and the van with two passenger carriages was derailed, left the line and came to rest in the “six-foot”.