The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WABCO) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh...
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by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention...
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The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse...
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revolutionized the railroad industry around the world. He founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company in 1869. He and his engineers also developed track-switching...
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Wabtec (redirect from Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation)
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, commonly known as Wabtec, is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company...
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British Westinghouse, later subsumed into the General Electric Company Westinghouse Air Brake Company, founding name of WABCO Westinghouse Brake & Signal...
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Westinghouse Brakes may refer to: A Railway air brake Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) - US Westinghouse Brakes - UK This disambiguation page lists...
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Knorr-Bremse (redirect from Westinghouse Brakes)
York Air Brake Robert Bosch GmbH Westinghouse Air Brake Company "Knorr-Bremse worldwide". Knorr-Bremse Group. Retrieved 9 September 2020. "Company Information"...
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Wilmerding, Pennsylvania (category Company towns in Pennsylvania)
century, it had extensive foundries and machine shops of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Wilmerding is adjacent to the borough of Turtle Creek, which...
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The Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (known locally as the Castle or Library Hall) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania is a building from...
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WABCO Vehicle Control Systems (category Vehicle braking technologies)
WABCO was acquired by ZF Friedrichshafen in May 2020. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was founded in the U.S. in 1869 and acquired by American Standard...
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Vehicle Systems, Germany Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd (now a division of Knorr-Bremse), UK New York Air Brake (now a division of Knorr-Bremse)...
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main competition was Westinghouse Air Brake Company, which lead the market in locomotive braking sales. Despite Westinghouse's lead, American railroads...
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Westinghouse works Welding the big ring Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co. works (casting scene) Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Westinghouse Co...
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1953. pp. 587–588. Annual Report. Westinghouse Air Brake Company. 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 24 November 2013. "Optimum Braking". Flight International. 59 (2194):...
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LeTourneau Technologies (redirect from LeTourneau-Westinghouse)
sold most of his company to Westinghouse Air Brake Company in 1953, for US$ 31M. In 1970, just after the death of the founder, the company[clarification...
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Decelostat (category Railway brakes)
slide protection system developed by Westinghouse Air Brake Company that is used in railroad cars to prevent over-braking that causes wheel-slide, a condition...
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Westinghouse Electric Company LLC is an American nuclear power company formed in 1999 from the nuclear power division of the original Westinghouse Electric...
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Melpar (category Defunct companies based in Virginia)
as most other companies did. In 1951 Westinghouse Air Brake Company, a railway equipment producer founded in 1869, purchased the company for $1 million...
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Train horn (redirect from Nathan-AirChime Ltd.)
dominated by Leslie Controls and AirChime, Prime ceased air horn production c. 1999. Westinghouse Air Brake Company (known throughout the 19th and 20th...
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Haulpak (category Companies based in Peoria, Illinois)
machinery business in 1953 by Westinghouse Air Brake Company. Wabco had traditionally been a manufacturer of railway air brake systems, but ventured into...
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MotivePower (category Companies based in Boise, Idaho)
Industries", doing business as "Boise Locomotive". The company merged with Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) in November 1999 to form the Wabtec. Wabtec...
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Westinghouse air brake systems could be 'lapped' – the system would maintain the brakes at a constant level as set by the driver. Later vacuum brake systems...
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his career, most notably in his role as vice-president of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company. The coal town of Baggaley, Pennsylvania was named after him...
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of Westinghouse Air Brake Company), this system was later used in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations where the Westinghouse Air Brake Company...
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newly-invented Westinghouse Air Brake and was one of the original stockholders and members of the board of directors of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, when...
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Company, which it kept until the early 1970s. In 1968, the group purchased earthmoving and mining product range of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company...
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origin, being originally supplied by US&S, then a division of Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO). Current equipment is supplied by SASIB, a division...
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The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
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Westinghouse, an engineer, founder of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and inventor of the railway air brake. The memorial is located at the entrance...
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