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O. Winston Link Museum, Roanoke, VA

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O. Winston Link Museum

Museum in Roanoke showing night photographs of steam trains and rural Appalachian life by photographer O. Winston Link.

101 Shenandoah Ave NE, Roanoke, VA 24016 · Roanoke, VA

About O. Winston Link Museum

Housed in the former Norfolk & Western passenger station, the museum presents the work Link made between 1955 and 1960. He photographed the end of steam locomotives on the N&W line across western Virginia and nearby states, often staging night scenes lit by flashbulbs. The galleries display his original flash equipment, and the collection also recalls the rural communities that changed after steam ended. The museum opened in 2004, and one admission ticket also covers the neighboring Roanoke History Museum.

  • #photography
  • #railroad
  • #steam locomotives
  • #Norfolk & Western
  • #Roanoke

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