I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.

As well as photographing them Link was also making sound recordings of the trains which he issued on a set of six gramophone records between 1957 and 1977 under the overall title Sounds of Steam Railroading. He adapted to the technique of making posed photographs looking candid as well as creatively emphasizing a point. After being released O. Winston Link again attempted to sell some of Link's works that O. Winston Link had stolen this time using the Internet auction site eBay.

Ogle Winston Link (December 16 1914 – January 30 2001) known commonly as O. Winston Link was an American photographer. A commercial photographer Link helped establish rail photography as a hobby.