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   Man in street clothes and hat sitting on bench in the passenger station in Roanoke, Virginia reading a newspaper. Raymond Lowey-designed clock hangs on the wall overhead. The time is 2:18.

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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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3. June 19, 1955

   Self portrait of O. Winston Link in front of train schedule board in west lobby of the passenger station in Roanoke, Virginia. © O. Winston Link stamp on back.

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4. 3 former N&W buildings receive historic landmark designation - September 17, 1998

   Article in The Roanoke Times about the designation of three former Norfolk and Western buildings as historic landmarks. The Historic Resources Board added the General Office Buildings North and South and the passenger station to the Virginia Landmark Registry.

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5. 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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6. Buck Stewart Calling Tains, Roanoke Station, Roanoke, Virginia - Buck Stewart Calling Train, Roanoke Station, Roanoke, Virginia.

   OWL2007.04.1111

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7. Buck Stewart calling the train, Roanoke Passenger Station. - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station; two women in background, negative envelope says, "two girls are sisters, see NW1119," no dates Harry T. "Buck" Stewart worked for the railroad for decades. Winston Link recalled that Stewart had earlier been employed on a maintenance of way crew where he had been injured, and was subsequently reassigned to the less strenuous task of announcing the trains at the N&W's modern Roanoke passenger station. Link described Stewart as having an inimitable way of calling trains in a voice which was a combination of gravel and southern drawl. The hard surfaces of the building produced so many echoes that Stewart had learned to pace his announcements slowly enough so that the name of every destination town he called would be clearly understood. In this photo, he is sween standing in the passenger concourse which extended from the present station out over the tracks below. This was demolished in 1992 to permit higher freight loads to pass through the city.

   OWL2002.01.03

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8. Buck Stewart Calling Trains - Buck Stewart, Roanoke Station.

   OWL2007.04.1113

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9. Buck Stewart calling trains at the Roanoke Station. - Harry T. "Buck" Stewart called the trains from a position on the west side on the passenger concourse, demolished in 1992, which bridged three tracks. The windows to the right looked down the tracks towards the west. The huge south windows, seen in the background, were disassembled and reinstalled in the end of the present station lobby when the concourse was removed. Fifty years ago travel was an occasion, and people dressed up for their journeys, as can be seen in the careful attire of the two women in the background and the man wearing a coat, tie and Panama hat .

   OWL2003.09.08

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10. Buck Stewart Calling Trains Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains; quite a number of people in background.

    OWL2007.04.1120

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11. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling train, Roanoke Station.

    OWL2007.04.1112

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12. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station.

    OWL2007.04.1115

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13. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station.

    OWL2007.04.1116

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14. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station.

    OWL2007.04.1114

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15. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station.

    OWL2007.04.1117

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16. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station; two women in background. The blond is Brenda Tuck.

    OWL2007.04.1118

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17. Buck Stewart Calling Trains, Roanoke Station - Same as NW 1120. Buck Stewart Calling trains; quite a number of people in background.

    OWL2007.04.1121

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18. Buck Stewart Call Trains, Roanoke Station - Buck Stewart calling trains, Roanoke Station. The women are in full skirts, well below the knee and wearing high heels, the way on traveled then. Gils are sisters, the blond is Brenda Tuck, 611 Morrill Ave., SE, Roanoke, Va. The other young woman is not identified. Used in Last Steam RR. In American. p.13.

    OWL2007.04.1119

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19. Freight Through Roanoke - Black and white negative of NW 46. Freight through Roanoke. The negative is not sharp. There's a Pennsylvania Pullman in the background, "Cascade Pass."

    OWL2007.04.46

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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.

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