The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Earlier in the year he had invented the ra
The Westinghouse Building in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, pictured in 2009
Westinghouse Air Brake Company's Rotair Valve
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
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
…WABCO) was an American company 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. After having manufactured equipment in Pittsburgh for a number of years, he began to construct facilities and plants east of the…
Piping diagram from 1909 of a Westinghouse 6-ET Air Brake system on a locomotive
Control handle and valve for a Westinghouse air brake
1918 drawing of a triple valve