Shuttle Train at the Standard Chemical Company, South River, circa 1920
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This photo has been cropped from a larger photo. The fellow standing with the straw hat is said to be company teamster Wm.Loney. In the uncropped photo more of the S.C.Co. plant is visible and indicates this photo is of the Northwest corner of the plant. Due to the chimney configuration and construction details in the original photo this photo is probably pre 1917. The small yard locomotive with its wrap around water tank was manufactured by H.K Porter and nicknamed the "Dinky". It's main function was not as a personal carrier but as the only engine that could effectively move the cordwood & charcoal buggies in and around the chemical plants maze of tight curves and closely laid tracks. Even after the Climax & Shay locomotives arrived after 1917 the "Dinky" was the only engine to perform these duties....