From the December 9, 1905 issue of the Marion Daily Star:
The Engine is Disabled - Drive-Rod Breaks and Wreck is Barely Avoided
While speeding along at fifty miles an hour, one of the drive rods of an engine drawing Erie eastbuond passenger train No. 5, due here at 5:22 a.m., broke at Moran's switch, near Espyville, Tuesday morning.

The engineer and fireman narrowly escaped death and the passengers received a severe jolting, although none was injured. Some were thrown from their seats, however, and those in the sleeper were most unceremoniously awakened.

The ties and rails on the side of the broken rod were damaged for a considerable distance and one entire side of the enginie was stripped. Engineer George Brown of Huntington, Indiana, barely escaped being struck by a flying piece of iron, but he stuck to his post long enough to reverse his engine, when he and his fireman sought safety in the coal tender.

The disabled engine was placed on the siding by a crew from the local yards and the passengers were brought on to Marion, where another engine was secured and the train continued on its journey aboout one hour later. The broken engine was brought to the local yards that afternoon, and will be taken to the Galion shops for repairs.