For the Love of Steam!

 I was destined to be a serious Railfan.
I grew up in a family who came to this country from Italy to work on the railroad. Some of my earliest memories of trains are from our miniature Lionel train set going around the base of our Christmas tree every year. The sound of the train whistle is what always awoke me to let me know that Christmas day had arrived. It is one of my most cherished memories from my childhood. 
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O. Winston Link, I think it is safe to say was the first true Railfan. A renown photographer from the turn of the 20th century, he shared his love of steam locomotives with the world. He was a native of New York, born in 1914 and passed in 2001. He is best known for his night captures of steam locomotives during a time of film cameras and extremely awkward huge and bulky equipment. He was definitely a man ahead of his time. I hope you will find his work as inspiring as I do.
 



www.danzigergallery.com/artist…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Winst…



Here are some of my favorites from DA.

  





   





  

 



   

 



  






And last but not least, here are 7 of my own personal favorite captures of some of my favorite steam locomotives.















I sincerely hope you have enjoyed the ride!