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1. Abingdon - Engine with tank car, coal car, and box car, passing a creek near Abingdon, Virginia.

   OWL2007.08.396

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Abingdon - Mixed train through field and trees near Abingdon, Virginia.

   OWL2007.08.394

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Abingdon - Mixed train with freight, hopper, and coal cars passing through field and trees near Abingdon, Virginia.

   OWL2007.08.395

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Abingdon Branch, mixed Train 201 arrives in Abingdon, Virginia. - Abingdon Branch, mixed Train 201 arrives in Abingdon, Virginia. Engine #382, headlight up high, arriving at Abingdon on the main line, passing the Abindgon freight station. This the trip of 10/20, 1956. The day is not specifically identified. The locomotives and passenger equipment used on the Abindgon Branch were kept overnight in the yard at Bristol, Virginia, and the trains were run as extras on the Radford Division's main line for the 15 miles between Bristol and Abingdon. Here the train is passing the Abingdon freight station before arriving at the Abingdon passenger station for a 7:30a.m. departure for West Jefferson, North Carolina. The train was scheduled to return to Abingdon that afternoon at 3:10p.m., but it may have returned much later, as its arrival was dependent on the amount of freight to be handled. Class M locomotive 382 was a favorite of Winston Link's, particularly with its headlight mounted high up on the smoke box. It was moved to the center of the smoke box in early 1957. When the locomotive was scrapped in 1958, the railroad gave Link the headllight, bell, whistle, builders' plate and classification lights. The bell from this locomotive is exhibited here.

   OWL2002.07.06

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Abingdon Branch Train No. 201 arrives in Damascus, Virginia. - Abingdon Branch Train No. 201, hauled by Class M locomotive 429, passes the Lutheran Church as it arrives in Damascus, Virginia on a crisp October morning in 1955. The grades from Abingdon to Damascus were easy, and more freight cars could be pulled between these two towns than one locomotive could handle in the much steeper climb south of Damascus to White Top. Much of the freight on the Abingdon Branch was either for, or generated by, business in Damascus.

   OWL2003.08.35

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Abingdon Branch Train No. 202 waiting to enter the Main Line. - Eastbound freight, Y6, #2191, with engineer waving, passes to right on main line. This photograph from the cab roof of Class M locomotive 429 as the train waited for time freight NO. 88 to pass. Link's presence atop the cab was apparently noticed by the engineer of Class Y6a locomotive 2161 at the head end of the freight, who told his fireman to have a look, for both men are waving to the Abingdon Branch engine crew.

   OWL2003.09.28

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Abingdon - East - Mixed freight train on bridge # 7 in Abingdon, Virginia, heading East.

   OWL2007.08.312

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. A Freight Passing The Abingdon Station - Black and white negative of NW 678. A freight on the mainline at Abingdon passing the Abingdon Station, Y6 engine cannot be identified. Consider this as an Abingdon Branch photo.

   OWL2007.04.678

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Bachelor of Law diploma from Washington College - June 20, 1867

   Photograph of a June 20, 1867 Bachelor of Laws diploma issued to James L. White of Abingdon Virginia. This Washington College diploma is signed by R. E. Lee, President, John W. Brockenbrough, Professor of Law and Equity, and a Mr. Massie, Clerk of Faculty.

   Record Type: Archive

   
10. Bridge # 11 - Mixed freight train on bridge # 11, made of concrete and steel, at the Abingdon, Virginia branch.

    OWL2007.08.313

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Cornerstone Laying Roanoke YWCA - A black and white photograph of laying of the cornerstone of the Roanoke YWCA, corner of Church and Second Streets SW, Roanoke, Va. by W.L. Andrews,PGM, presiding over Lakeland Lodge No. 190 and Pleasants Lodge No. 63, on October 10, 1914. The building was estimated to cost over $125,000.00. Mary Herringdon is holding the rope at the cornerstone. Also pictured, but not specifically placed, among the crowd are Mary Tayloe, Fred Mitchell and Harrington Payne. On the back is a list of "Other cornerstones I laid" presumably W. L. Andrews: Cocke Memorial Building - Hollins, Virginia Courthouse - Rocky Mount, Virginia Copurthouse - Salem, Virginia School Houses- Blacksburg, Pocahuntas, Vinton, Abington, Coeburn, Presbyterian Academy near Stuart Churches - Belmont Baptist, Roanoke, Methodist, Tazwell, Methodist, Grundy Masonic Temples - Roanoke and Martinsville, VA

    1977.40.1

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Crossing Bridge #8 - Box cars behind engine crossing bridge # 8. Box car labled Western Maryland.

    OWL2007.08.440

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Eastbound Freight, Y-6, 2191 Passing To Right On Mainline - Black and white negative of NW 292. Eastbound freight, Y6 #2191, with engineer waving, passes to right on mainline.

    OWL2007.04.292

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. Engine 382 - Mixed freight on Bridge #8. The photo was used on the cover of recording "The Fading Giant" 1958. Used in "Last Steam Railroad In America"

    OWL2007.08.439

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Engine 382 Leaving The Mainline For The Abingdon Branch - Engine #382 leaving the mainline for the Abindgon Branch passing under a steel water tank at Abingdon.

    OWL2007.04.1201

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. Engine 429 At The Bristol Station - Black and white negative of NW 196. Side of engine #429. This is in the Bristol Station before moving out to Abindgon.

    OWL2007.04.196

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. Engine #429 With Passenger Car To Right At Abingdon, Va. - Black and white negative of NW 91. These would be the first photos made on the Abingdon Branch; 6/17/55, 120 Roll. Engine #429 seen from front, passenger car to right. This is indicated as being at Abingdon. Locomotive not coupled with passenger car.

    OWL2007.04.91

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. Engine #429 With Passenger Car To Right At Abingdon, Va. - Black and white negative of NW 92. Same as NW 91. Engine #429 with passenger car to right, Abingdon, Va.

    OWL2007.04.92

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. His Photographs Roar Through the Golden Years - February 6, 1996

    Article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch written in reaction to response from train enthusiasts upon learning that the writer, Keith Pritchard associate city editor, had been invited to lunch with O. Winston Link in Mr. Link's classic railroad business car. The article discusses Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives for which he was given unprecedented access to Norfolk and Western property.

    Record Type: Archive

    
20. In His Lens, A Vanished Era - September 23 - 29, 2001

    Article in American Profile magazine, Southeast edition, about O. Winston Link and his project to photograph steam locomotives in southwest Virginia in the 1950's. The article deals with the techniques Mr. Link used to photographs trains at night and his love for the area and its people and mentions the possibility of a museum of his work in Roanoke.

    Record Type: Archive