O. Winston Link

O. Winston Link was a renowned railroad photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam motive power on the Norfolk & Western Railway in the late-1950s. Link helped to establish rail photography as a hobby and pioneered night photography. He was also a preservationist, he owned Canadian Pacific 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler No. 453 and Rutland Combine No. 255.

He acquired the combine directly from the Rutland in c.1961. After making overtures to George A. Clark (to whom he proved he wasn't a phoney), he found a willing host in the Rahway Valley Railroad and his combine was in Kenilworth by September 1961.

The yellow car, kept under a light green tarp, became a familiar sight to those passing on the Boulevard who cared to look and keep an eye on things. An electric extension cord ran through a window into the shop, which became a sore spot with Clark as to "who was paying the electric bill." Link slowly, but surely, restored his combine. The RV freight crew was asked, on at least two occasions, to spin the car around on the wye in Union and put it back on the spur. This exposed the other side so that Link had room away from the engine house wall to work, yet still be close enough to keep his extension cord hooked up.

Link became a fixture around the RV. His antique car was often spotted in the lot behind the Kenilworth office. Corinne Clark, Bob Clark's wife, remembered him as "such a nice man." He even attended and was official photographer at George Davis's retirement party in 1972, commemorating a long career as RV Superintendent.

Link turned out a very fine job with his combine, completing its restoration about 1975. It now resides on the Lowville & Beaver River Railroad in upstate New York.