Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, commonly known as Wabtec, is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Wabtec facility, Greensburg PA USA
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation was founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Earlier in the year he had invented the railway air brake in New York state.
The Westinghouse Building in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, pictured in 2009
Westinghouse Air Brake Company's Rotair Valve