From the September, 1915 issues of Erie Railroad Magazine (Meadville Div. News):
Engineer P.J. O'Brien, who has been alid up by serious illness since last Winter, has resumed duty on trains 219 and 220.
From the January, 1916 issues of Erie Railroad Magazine (Meadville Div. News):
Conductor D.B. Coyle and Engineer P.J. O'Brien are in charge of the new passenger trains 224 and 225, on the Franklin Branch.
From the June, 1930 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
The recent death of P.J. O'Brien removed from service one of the Mahoning Division's dependable engineers. Mr. O'Brien was born at Mantua, Ohio, 30 miles from Cleveland, on March 28, 1865. He was first employed as fireman on Feb. 16, 1888, promoted to engineer Dec. 21, 1891, and had been continuously in service up to the time of his death, April 26 (1930).
His service record shows him to have been a thoroughly interested employee and a man who could be depended upon at all times to do his best for the company. In April, 1915, he was commended by the management for the loyalty he displayed at a conference in Harrisburg, PA. P.J. was a man of kindly disposition, sympathetic and always ready to lend a helping hand to the unfortunate, and his passing leaves a host of friends who sincerely mourn him.
He was a member of St. Brigid's Church of Meadville, PA, of Meadville Council No. 388, K of C, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. His wife died about six years ago and the surviving members of his family are a son, Lawrence, and two daughters, Miss Celia and Miss Margaret. He also leaves two brothers, Stephen of Kent, OH, and William of Rochester, NY, and three sisters, Mrs. W.D. Coyle, and Anna and Mary O'Brien of Mantua, O.
A small photo was also published.
From the July, 1930 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
G.P. O'Brien, night general yardmaster (at Kent), and S.J. O'Brien, yard brakeman, attended the funeral of Engineer Pat O'Brien at Meadville.
