FRANK FARRELL, Youngstown, Ohio.
The son of James D. Farrell, an engineer of the Salem City Railway for the past forty years, Frank Farrell was born in Sandusky, Ohio, on May 23, 1862. Mr. Farrell left school at the age of 16 and went to work in a grocery store, where he remained three years. He then entered the service of the Erie as a fireman on freight, receiving a passenger run after being on the road a month. Three years later, in October, 1884, he was promoted to engineer, and has since run continuously in the freight service. Mr. Farrell has had but one accident during his career, that being when his engine struck a broken rail and jumped the track; fortunately no one was badly hurt. He is a member of the B. of L. E., Devereaux Division, No. 167, and has a brother, John E. Farrell, who is also an Erie engineer.

Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.

From the June, 1921 issue of Erie Railroad magazine:
Died at his Post
Engineer Frank Farrell, Niles, Ohio, for thirty-six years a valued locomotive driver of the Mahoning Division, lost his life on May 10 (1921) when his engine climbed the rails near Marquise stop on the Lisbon Branch. Farrell, who would have been sixty years of age on May 23, was crushed to death between the boiler and the side of the cab when his engine turned on its right side. His fireman, R.R. Miller, escaped with slight burns. He was a good man and a good railroader, true and loyal to the Erie.