The Canadian National/INCO Steel Caboose being Delivered to Prescott Park
Name/Title
The Canadian National/INCO Steel Caboose being Delivered to Prescott ParkEntry/Object ID
2022.782.01Tags
International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Canadian National, Capreol, Ontario, Mining History, Mining Industry, Nickel MiningDescription
Coloured photograph showing the Canadian National/INCO Steel Caboose on a flatbed truck, being delivered to Prescott Park to be put on display at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Collodion PrintAspect Ratio
1:1Subject
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre, CN, INCOSubject Person or Organization
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Canadian NationalSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Capreol, OntarioCity
Greater SudburyCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaState/Province
OntarioContext
Caboose #79231 was built by Hawker Siddeley in Trenton, Nova Scotia in 1967. In 1991, it was sold to local mining giant INCO as an auxiliary car for its transportation department with the intention of using it to store re-railing equipment and materials for major derailments. By 1998, the car was deemed surplus and it was donated to NORMHC. It was stored at National Railway Equipment shops in Capreol until 2007 when funds were finally secured to transport it to Prescott Park for display. The caboose is displayed without its CNR logo depicting how it would have resembled in service with INCO. The International Nickel Corporation of Canada was founded in 1902, when the Canadian Copper Company and Orford Company merged with the financial backing of American banker J. P. Morgan and Charles Schwab of Carnegie Steel. It was the world's leading producer of Nickel. By 2006 INCO was bought out by the Brazilian company Vale.Collection
Canadian National, Capreol History, Mining History, International Nickel Company of CanadaCataloged By
unknownCategory
Primary Source