Railway air brake
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A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by Ge
Piping diagram from 1909 of a Westinghouse 6-ET Air Brake system on a locomotive
Control handle and valve for a Westinghouse air brake
Rotair Valve from the Westinghouse Air brake Company
1918 drawing of a triple valve
George Westinghouse
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George Westinghouse Jr. was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his creation of the railway air brake and
Railway air brake
…braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's invention. In various forms…
The Westinghouse "Old No.1" natural gas derrick, sometime between June 1884 and end of 1889, located at the Solitude estate in present-day Westinghouse Park. The Westinghouse carriage house/laboratory and the mansion are seen on the right.
Sign in Westinghouse Park describing drilling for natural gas in 1884 on the grounds of the "Solitude" estate
Westinghouse Electric Company 1888 catalog advertising their "Alternating System"
Westinghouse generators at Niagara Falls