INCO Limited Ontario Division (Copper Cliff, Ontario): Handbook of Rules and Special Instructions Regarding Standard Gauge Transportation All Plants

Name/Title

INCO Limited Ontario Division (Copper Cliff, Ontario): Handbook of Rules and Special Instructions Regarding Standard Gauge Transportation All Plants

Entry/Object ID

2022.174.01

Tags

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO), Mining History, Mining Industry, Nickel Mining, Sudbury, Ontario, District of Sudbury, The Sudbury Basin

Scope and Content

Book, handbook for rules and instruction for operating standard gauge transportation

Context

The book is an instruction book for operating the standard gauge transportation safely. It is broken down into sections, they are as follows: 1. Definitions: - General Safety Rules - General Rules - Bulletins and Communication Notices 2. Signals Governing Tran Movements: - Hand Signals - Engine Whistle Signals - Fixed Signals - Signal: Colour Indication - Protection Signals - Persons and Equipment - Protection Signal Procedure - Protection of Isolated Trolley Wire - Rail Movement into Flagged Area - Rail Movement into Isolated Trolley Area 3. Rules Governing Two Way Radio Operation: - Operation of Locomotive Radio Units - Operation of Portable Radio Units - Channel Designation - Levack Two-Way Radio - Calling and Receiving - Emergency Transmissions - Emergency Transmissions Levack 4. Train Orders, Clearances, and Instructions: - General - Train Orders - Smelter Yard - Upper Yard - Stock Yard - Refinery Mainline - Copper Cliff South Mine - Copper Cliff Refinery - Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery - Iron Ore Recovery Plant - Levack 5. Train Air Line: - General - Air Brakes 6. Train Movements and Brake Tests: - Standard Brake Test - Running Brake Test 7. Train and Engine Speeds: - Slow Order Track 8. Train Crew: - General - Locomotive Engineers: Operating Instructions 9. Switching: - General - Coupling and Uncoupling - Handbrakes 10. Restricted Clearances 11. Switches, Derails, and Diamonds: - Listing of Designated Switches - Derails - Diamonds 12. Bad Order Locomotives and Cars 13. Diesel Locomotives 14. Signal Lights: Slag Circuit 15. Slag Train: - Slag Cars: Not in Service - Slag Cars: Returning to Service - 250 Volt D. C. System: Runaround - Slag Circuit: Power Failure 16. Slag Pot Dumping: - 250 Volt D. C. System 17. Trolley and Pot Dumping Power: - Distribution System Copper Cliff - Protection of Defective Trolley Wire - Power Failure: General 18. Misc Trains, Mobile Track Equipment: - Track Equipment - Slag Circuit - Hot Metal Car Trains - Copper Cliff North Mine Rockhouse - Copper Cliff South Mine Rockhouse - Frood-Stobie Rockhouse - Clarabelle Tipple - Preparing a Train for Dumping on the Tipple - Marshalling Empty Ore Cars behind the Tipple - Picking Up Ore Cars Behind the Tipple - Sulphur Products - Reverb Dumping Bins - Track Snow Plow Operation - Levack Interchange Yard 19. Special Equipment Handling: - Roller Bearing Cars - Dimensional Loads or Cars - Flat Cars - Tank Cars 20. Transportation of Dangerous Goods: - Chlorine Car Handling Instructions - Accidents, Dangerous Goods 21. Scales and Weighing - Stencilling of Foreign Cars

Collection

Mining History, International Nickel Company of Canada, Sudbury History

Cataloged By

Kat Bezaire

Category

Secondary Source

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Manual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Instructional Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Creator

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO)

Date(s) of Creation

1902

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Title

INCO Limited Ontario Division (Copper Cliff, Ontario): Handbook of Rules and Special Instructions Regarding Standard Gauge Transportation All Plants

Description

Book, handbook for rules and instruction for operating standard gauge transportation

Creator

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO)

Date(s) of Creation

1992

Subjects

Safety, Rules of order, Machinery

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Town

Copper Cliff, Ontario

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Photo Number

Other Number

P0028

Dimensions

Width

4-1/4 in

Length

6-1/4 in

Location

Location

Wall

Mining History Section

Room

Dale Wilson Reference Library

Building

NORMHC Heritage Centre, Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre

* Untyped Location

Capreol, Ontario

Category

Storage

Date

February 22, 2022

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Good

Condition Detail

Embrittlement

Date Examined

Feb 22, 2022

Examined By

Kat Bezaire

Materials

paper, ink, plastic, binding

Notes

The spine is beginning to grow brittle

Provenance

Provenance Detail

International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO) History

Place

City

Greater Sudbury

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

State/Province

Ontario

Provenance Detail

Mining History

Created By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Create Date

February 22, 2022

Updated By

normhclibrary@gmail.com

Update Date

February 22, 2022