Apparently ex-New Haven FL9 2019 picked a switch during a photo charter at the Naugatuck RR today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVP0Sonj3c

The charter was for Railfan Day to "raise funds for the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad historic wooden bridge rehabilitation that was tragically lost due to an arson fire." The RR Museum of New England was to split total gross revenue 50/50 with the non profit Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad.

UPDATE:
Previously linked video got set to "private"; here's another one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRKYlhWPXfQ

Yikes. And they just got the 2019 running again this spring after it was OoS for a couple years.

No one was injured. The incident is being investigated, and everything involved will be inspected. It occured during a low-speed photo runby.

Howard P.

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Just wondering how many people were still on the train( in the coaches) when it derailed???

Or were the coaches empty,, during the photo runby??

Also was the trip sold out,, hopefully everyone was safe during the derailment , those that were in the coaches, that did not do the low speed photo runby... Pat.

Well that really sucks especially considering this was being done to help another Railroad. Remember hearing something about FL9's being hard on tracks because of their elongated three axle rear truck. Anyways that was fast acting on the crews part getting the train stop so fast after it went on the ground.

While it wasn't an ideal situation, everyone handled it well, and the rest of the day was overall a success. Things happen on every railroad.

Someone claimed that LIRR had similar issues with their Fairbanks-Morse CPA-24-5s.