Early NS (NW) photos

Five series of large format railroad-related prints will be in a rotating exhibit through fall 2017 at the O. Winston Link Museum. The first group, “Steam Era Locomotives: NW611,” is already on view in the Trackside Gallery. These feature the origins of the NW611 (Class J era) Steam Locomotives, built in the N&W Roanoke Shops.

The schedule for the exhibits is:

Through Nov. 1, 2016: “Steam Era Locomotives: NW611”

Nov.  7, 2016 – Jan. 29, 2017: “In the Railyard & On the Tracks”

Feb. 6 – April 30, 2017: “Beyond the Tracks”

May 8 – July 31,  2017: “Along the Line”

Aug. 7 – Oct. 23, 2017 (Tentative): Civil Engineering Drawings (From the Collection of NWHS)

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.