H. Reid - Legacy

Legacy

Although O. Winston Link also captured sound recording and did black and white and exceptional night photography, H. Reid joins him in the ranks of rail photographers who captured and preserved photographic memories of America's age of steam railroading. Reid accomplished those goals and more as a writer and historian as well. As stated in the dedication of The Virginian Railway Handbook written by Aubrey Wiley and Conley Wallace and published in 1985, "Because of the interest and love of H. Reid for the Virginian Railway, the memory and lore of that railroad have continued to live, even though many years have passed since...the identity of that road was lost in a merger." Readers of The Virginian Railway and members of its active Internet enthusiasts group of over 625 members would surely agree in acknowledging the role of H. Reid, who helped define rail photography as a hobby.

After a period of declining health, H. Reid died at his home in Norfolk on October 19, 1992.