That makes more sense, Gary. Until you raised the one part two pieces after breaking alternative, I was viewing the picture as an image of two parts, one good shaft and one broken shaft. The length of the misidentified 'good part' and location of the dowel pin hole was leading me to believe it was the reverse idler gear shaft.
When you look at it as a broken fifth and reverse shift rail that fractured at the selector link pin hole, then Hauss's early pic and the method of failure makes sense. Thanks for the wake up call.
Ed