Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company (1920–35)
Company type
Private (1881–1920)
Public limited company (1920–1979)
Subsidiary (1979–present)
Industry
Transport
Founded
1881 [1]
Founder
George Westinghouse (as Westinghouse Air Brake Company)
Evans O'Donnell
John Saxby
John Stinson Farmer
Defunct
1980
Fate
Acquired by Hawker Siddeley in 1979,[1] then other owners, becoming a brand.
Successors
Siemens Mobility (signalling)
Knorr-Bremse (braking)
Headquarters
Chippenham
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Railway air brakes, signalling
Owner
Hawker Siddeley (1979–1992)
BTR plc (1992–1999)
Invensys (1999–2000)
Knorr-Bremse (2000–present)
The Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd was a British manufacturer of railroad signs. Founded by George Westinghouse, it was registered as "Westinghouse Brake Company" in 1881.[2][1] The company reorganised in 1920, associating with Evans O'Donnell, and Saxby and Farmer which merged to form the "Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Company". The 'Saxby' would be dropped from their title in 1935.[1]
For most of the 20th century, Westinghouse manufactured air brakes, signalling, mining & colliery equipment, industrial automation and power rectifier equipment in the engineering works in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England and Melbourne, Australia. There were associate companies in South Africa (Saxby & Farmer Private) and India. The company's main factory of around 35 acres was located immediately north-east of Chippenham railway station on the Great Western Railway.[2]
^ abcdWestinghouse Brake and Signal Co on Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
^ abA Hundred Years of Speed with Safety: The Inception and Progress of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Ltd., 1881-1981, Publisher: Polunnio 2014, ISBN 978-0956736215.
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