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"Second Pigeon & the Mockingbird" record cover. Written on the back is "N&W West Virginia, Poca Div." Steam engine, Y6b #2190 at Massy Mine near Gilbert, West Virginia. O. Winston Link Photography stamp on back.
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Mrs. Gladys Harringer, station agent at White Top, Virginia, (and one of only four women agents on the N&W at that time) works on a quilt while waiting for the train. A coal burning pot-belly stove heats the room. White Top was distinguished by being the highest point (3,577 feet) east of the Rockies reached by a regularly scheduled passenger train. © O. Winston Link signature on back.
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Morning train 201 southbound passes the freight station at Abingdon. Both freight and passenger stations exist today.
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O. Winston Link writes a note while sitting in the passenger station in Roanoke, Virginia. On display above him are models of a modern Class J passenger locomotive and an 1890 Class J locomotive - both steam locomotives. Plaque with award certificates on wall underneath.
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In Norfolk & Western's East Roanoke Shops, night foreman W. P. Isabell, hands clasped behind him, watches two cranes move the boiler, high-pressure engine & drive wheels of Y6 #2180 into position on top of the low-pressure engine & drive wheels. This procedure was know as "wheeling" and was part of the major overhaul all steam locomotives underwent at least every five years.
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1955
Winston Link setting up at the Ryan farm in Shawsville, Virginia, 1955, to photograph NW #723. © O. Winston Link stamp on back.
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1956
An 8" x 10" photograph of Hotshot Eastbound at Iaeger, WV, 1956 NW1103. No markings on back.
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Builders Plate, Circular (brass alloy) - Norfolk & Western Ry. Roanoke Shops, Y6b, Built Mar. 1949, No. 375. In a wooden crate - addressed to: Thomas E. Weir, 10 Lee Avenue, Lexington, Virginia. from: N&W Railway Co., Pond, GSMP., Roanoke, Roanoke, Va. insurance 10 cents, postage 53 cents.
OWL2005.10.01
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Hand-held railroad lantern. A slender cylindrical lantern. Painted silver with a movable stand. The red handle is on the bottom along with the switch for turning the light on and off. Star design stamped on stand sides, N&W inscription on side. Has been painted silver.
OWL2006.03.66
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Wooden handle with metal head. Labled with N&W logo and Plumb 40 oz. (Ball-peen hammer)
OWL2006.03.76
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1895 N&W Payroll Department - A photo of the 112 man N&W Payroll Department located at 207 S. Jefferson , circa 1895. Also located on S. Jeeferson Street at 205 was the Western Union Telegraph Office.
1990.69.1180
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1978 Timetable No. 7 - June 11, 1978
Timetable Number 7 of the Eastern Region of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company effective for Sunday, June 11, 1978. Features the Radford Division and the Roanoke Terminal.
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A Fairy-Tale Ending Derailed - April 3, 1994
Newspaper article in the Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times about recent legal battles between O. Winston Link and his second wife, Conchita. The article chronicles Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives and small-town America in the 1950's, his rise to fame late in life, and marital and legal trouble between Mr. Link and Conchita.
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A Fairy-Tale Ending Derailed - April 3, 1994
Article in the Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times about recent legal battles between O. Winston Link and his second wife, Conchita. The article chronicles Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives and small-town America in the 1950's, his rise to fame late in life, and marital and legal trouble between Mr. Link and Conchita. A large color photograph of Mr. Link at the Virginia Museum of Transportation is on the 1st page of the ...
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A Fairy-Tale Ending Derailed - April 3, 1994
Article in the Arts & Leisure section of The New York Times about recent legal battles between O. Winston Link and his second wife, Conchita. The article chronicles Mr. Link's project to photograph steam locomotives and small-town America in the 1950's, his rise to fame late in life, and marital and legal trouble between Mr. Link and Conchita. A large color photograph of Mr. Link at the Virginia Museum of Transportation is on the 1st page of the ...
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A Link to Railroads Past - August 1992
Article in Seniors Magazine about O. Winston Link who had recently visited Roanoke for the dedication of the new Norfolk Southern Corporation building in which about 30 of his photographs were hung. The article, which contains a photograph of Link on the cover, focuses on his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1950's and mentions his earlier work in commercial photography and his passions and current projects.
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A Link to Railroads Past - August 1992
Article in Seniors Magazine about O. Winston Link who had recently visited Roanoke for the dedication of the new Norfolk Southern Corporation building in which about 30 of his photographs were hung. The article, which contains a photograph of Link on the cover, focuses on his project to photograph steam locomotives in the 1950's and mentions his earlier work in commercial photography and his passions and current projects.
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All Aboard - January 8, 2004
Article in The Roanoke Times published 2 days prior to the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum. Subtitled "The O. Winston Link Museum Opens Saturday," the article includes a schedule for lectures and guests who would attend the opening celebration.
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