Steel Caboose Being Installed in Prescott Park
Name/Title
Steel Caboose Being Installed in Prescott ParkEntry/Object ID
2022.781.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Nickel Mining, International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Canadian National, Capreol, OntarioDescription
Coloured photograph showing the steel caboose being installed in Prescott Park at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre. The photograph shows the caboose being lifted onto a track by means of a large crane.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Carte de VisiteAspect Ratio
1:1Subject
Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre, INCO, CNSubject Person or Organization
International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Canadian National, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage CentreSubject 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
International Nickel Company of Canada, Capreol History, Canadian National, Mining HistoryCataloged By
unknownCategory
Primary Source