Westinghouse Air Brake Co
From Graces Guide
of Pittsburgh
1869 Company founded by George Westinghouse to commercialise his ideas for railway braking[1]
1871 Shortly after a visit to Europe, George Westinghouse set up the Europe Brake Company[2].
1897 Introduced Westinghouse air brake for express trains
1900 Combined tramcar braking and heating apparatus, Newell's patent. The apparatus includes a double-power brake consisting of two distinct brakes for electrically-operated tramcars and an electric heating system deriving its energy otherwise wasted.
1990 Wabtec formed by the merger of Wabco and MotivePower
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