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The O. Winston Link Museum is a museum dedicated to the photography of O. Winston Link, the 20th-century railroad photographer widely considered the master of the juxtaposition of steam railroading and rural culture. He is most noted for his 1950s photographs of steam locomotives at night, lit by numerous flashbulbs.
Ogle Winston Link [1] (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk and Western in the United States in the late 1950s.
As of 2023 it houses the city's visitor center, the Historical Society of Western Virginia, and the O. Winston Link Museum. [ 8 ] The three buildings were collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
On May 8, 2010, No. 611 was put on temporary display in front of the former N&W Roanoke passenger station, now known as the O. Winston Link Museum for National Train Day. [124] In 2011, the Roanoke City Council nicknamed No. 611 "The Spirit of Roanoke" , which the VMT inscribed under the cab windows. [ 125 ]
Pages in category "Museums in Roanoke, Virginia" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... O. O. Winston Link Museum; S. Science Museum of ...
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[23] [27] In 2000, the locomotive was moved out of the East End Shops and put on the turntable for a nighttime photoshoot, hosted by photographer O. Winston Link. [28] Link wanted No. 1218 to be exhibited near the former N&W passenger station in downtown Roanoke, which was planned to be converted into a museum that displayed Link's N&W photographs.
The former Norfolk and Western Passenger Station hosts two museums: the O. Winston Link Museum, dedicated to the late steam-era railroad photography of O. Winston Link, and the History Museum of Western Virginia. [128]