Manual: Erie Lackawanna R.R.; Standard Instructions: Locomotive Cranes, Pile Drivers....; Eff. Jan. 1, 1965.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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front cover

Name/Title

Manual: Erie Lackawanna R.R.; Standard Instructions: Locomotive Cranes, Pile Drivers....; Eff. Jan. 1, 1965.

Entry/Object ID

2015.001.0071

Scope and Content

Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company The New Jersey and New York Railroad Compnay Horace Banta, Trustee STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS Covering the Care and Operation of LOCOMOTIVE CRANES, PILE DRIVERS, CRAWLER-TYPE CRANES, TRUCK CRANES AND BULLDOZERS WITH HYSTAWAY ATTACHMENT Effective: January 1, 1965 Booklet, 4" wide x 5-1/2" high, pp. [vii], 16. ---- instruction book / manual / equipment /

Acquisition

Accession

2015.001

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1965 - 1965

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1964 Date(s): 1964-1965

General Notes

Note

Notes: INDEX Subject Page No. Description................................. 1 Use........................................ 1 Care and Operation.......................... 1 Rated Lifting Capacity ................ 1 Radius ..................................... 2 Inspection Certificates........................ 2 Operators, Qualification, Responsibility........ 2 Employes Riding on Machine................. 2 Riding on Cars.............................. 3 Signals ..................................... 4 Giving Signals ............................. 4 Handling Loads.............................. 4, 5, 6 Taglines—Guide Ropes ...................... 6 Travel, Swing and Hoist .................... 6-7 Flagging................................... 8 Loading and Unloading Cars ................ 8 Placing Tools and Material on Machine ...... 8 Locomotive, Rail-mounted Cranes ............ 9-10 Use of Rail Clamps.......................... 10 Off-Track Cranes ........................... 10-11 Blocking, Loading and Unloading ............ 11-12 Boom and Extensions ....................... 12 Load Hooks and Capacity ................... 12-13 Refueling .................................. 13 Ropes, Chains and Slings .................... 14 Safe Practices for the Use of Chain Slings .....14^15 Crane Whistle Signals ...................... 16 ==== Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company The New Jersey and New York Railroad Company Horace Banta, Trustee STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS The rules herein set forth govern all employes of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company and The New Jersey and New York Railroad Company who are involved in the operation of the hoisting equipment mentioned in this book. R. F. Bush Chief Engineer, M. of W. W. G. Carlson Chief Mechanical Officer H. E. Shaughnessy Superintendent of Safety Approved: G. W. Maxwell Vice President - Operations and Maintenance ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-05-08