O.Winston Link meets the Norfolk and Western -- This railroad is a living thing -- Coal smoke down "The Valley" -- Beauty and the beast on the Radford Division -- Behemoth's last breath: Pocahontas Division -- All aboard for the Virginia Creeper -- Afterword: O.Winston Link and his working method.
Summary
The glorious late years of steam railroading in America-1955 to 1960-are powerfully documented in this captivating book. The 90 riveting photographs by O. Winston Link presented here cover every activity of the Norfolk & Western Railway (now Norfolk Southern) as well as capturing an unequalled picture of rural American life in the 1950s.
