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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Westinghouse_Air_Brake_CompanyWestinghouse Air Brake Company - Wikipedia

    The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (sometimes nicknamed or abbreviated WABCO although this was also confusingly used for spinoffs) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WabtecWabtec - Wikipedia

    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.

  3. www.wabteccorp.comHomepage | Wabtec Corporation

    Improving Air Quality Next Generation Friction Technology Wabtec’s Green Friction technology is the result of the Company’s expertise in friction materials and significant investments in the methodology of measuring the particles emitted during braking.

  4. westinghouseair.com › pages › heritageHeritage | Westinghouse Air

    Westinghouse invented the automatic air brake by utilizing a triple valve system that equipped each car with its own air cylinder. 1881 Westinghouse founds Union Switch and Signal Company to develop closed-track circuits and interlocking systems for railroads.

  5. www.loc.gov › the-westinghouse-air-brake-coThe Westinghouse Air Brake Co. | The Westinghouse World ...

    The Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Originally organized in 1869 to manufacture the air brakes invented by George Westinghouse, the company moved to the larger and more modern plant featured in the AM&B motion pictures in Wilmerding, PA, in 1889.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Railway_air_brakeRailway air brake - Wikipedia

    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 George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse's ...