I am sad to report to the railway preservation world that Herbert L. Broadbelt has passed away. Broadbelt was a former Baldwin employee who saved the famed negative collection of the Baldwin Locomotive Works from destruction in the 1950's. The 18,500 negatives were purchased from Mr. Broadbelt by the Friends of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in 1988. He resided in Newport News, Va.

Kurt Bell
Librarian/Archivist
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

http://rrmuseumpa.org

I'm sorry to hear about Mr. Broadbelt. It's a pity there weren't more people like him around in the 1950's to save other similar items that got tossed out in the trash.

Good Steaming,
Hugh Odom

> I am sad to report to the railway
> preservation world that Herbert L. Broadbelt
> has passed away. Broadbelt was a former
> Baldwin employee who saved the famed
> negative collection of the Baldwin
> Locomotive Works from destruction in the
> 1950's. The 18,500 negatives were purchased
> from Mr. Broadbelt by the Friends of the
> Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in 1988. He
> resided in Newport News, Va.

> Kurt Bell
> Librarian/Archivist
> Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania


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