Visit to the O. Winston Link Museum

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I had no idea Mr. Link had a hand in the restoration of 1218 from - I
believe - a stationary boiler back to operational condition. I wonder then
if it made him as sad as it did the rest of us when the NS killed the steam
program while 1218 was in mid-rebuild down in Birmingham. I am sure you know
that for many years, #1218 ran as an excursion locomotive, probably 6 years
or more.
Thanks for the bit of information. I have the Link books, and am planning a
day at the VMT & Link Museum in the not-too-distant future.

Bob Welsh

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Subject: Visit to the O. Winston Link Museum


> Saturday, Sept. 4th, John Zuro and I drove down to Roanoke and visited
> the museum.  It's in the beautifully restored Norfolk & Western
> passenger station in Roanoke, just a few blocks from the Virginia
> Transportation Museum.
>
> The Link museum is great!  It not only includes many, many of Mr. Link's
> excellent images of N&W steam, but also explains a bit of the how and
> why of the project.
>
> One of Mr. Link's conditions for participating in the project was
> preservation of the only surviving N&W "A" locomotive, and it's in the
> VMT, cosmetically restored but missing pieces, under a newly constructed
> roof, next to the "J".
>
> I encourage you to consider a visit.
>
> Bill Mosteller
> Falls Church, VA
>
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