O. Winston Link at The Ozoner

"O. Winston Link became famous for photographing a moribund technology, lugging his flashbulbs and Rolleiflex around the hills of Appalachia in search of steam locomotives.

"He had gone to Staunton, Virginia, in 1955 on a commercial assignment to photograph modern comforts — air-conditioners — when he started shooting the trains of the Norfolk & Western Line. That railroad, which ran through Staunton, was among the last holdouts from the era of steam engines that had propelled America into 20th century ascendancy.

"But that era was nearing an end..." [Matt McCann, 2012]