Mr. Link gave us some wonderful images. I would strongly recommend
anyone not familiar with his work to check out the book Steam, Steel
& Stars: America's Last Steam Railroad. I'm sure there are others
with his work too.
He will be missed, but his work will live on.
--- In BRHSlist@y..., <hansons@b...> wrote:
> I've just received the following report from the Altamont Press
mail
> list:
>
>
> O. Winston Link dies at 86
>
> A day after the historic Virginian Railroad passenger station
burned
> down, a much bigger blow was dealt to rail enthusiasts:
Photographer
> O. Winston Link died of a heart attack. He was 86.
>
> Link chronicled railroad life in the 1950s and became not only an
> international name in photography, but also captured the last days
of
> the American steam locomotive.
>
> He had been sick for some time when he drove himself to the
hospital
> in Mount Kisco, NY, on Tuesday afternoon and suffered a heart
attack
> en route, said his publicist, Tom Garver. Link died before he got
to
> the hospital, Garver said.
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