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2. Railway air brake - Wikipedia

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   Westinghouse soon improved the device by removing the poppet valve action. These three components became the piston valve, the slide valve, and the graduating valve. If the pressure in the train line is lower than that of the reservoir , the brake cylinder exhaust portal is closed and air from the car's reservoir is fed into the brake cylinder.

3. Westinghouse Air Brake Company - Wikipedia

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   The Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (WABCO) was an American company founded on September 28, 1869 by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [5] Earlier in the year he had invented the railway air brake in New York state.

4. 866A - Wikipedia

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   The 866 is a mercury vapor half-wave rectifier intended for high-voltage applications. The voltage drop is approximately 15 volts up to 150 Hz. To avoid unwanted shorts the tube must be operated in a vertical position and the filament preheated for at least 30 seconds before applying the plate voltage.

5. Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Westinghouse Electric Company - Wikipedia

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   Westinghouse Electrique France is located in Orsay and Manosque near Marseille (engineering development). As of 2014, about 400 employees are part of Westinghouse in France. Westinghouse owns a nuclear fuel fabrication plant at Västerås, Sweden which has provided nuclear fuel for Russian VVER-1000 nuclear reactors.

7. List of Westinghouse locomotives - Wikipedia

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   Locomotives built or sold by the Westinghouse Electric Company. Westinghouse's transportation division (rail equipment) was founded 1894 and sold to AEG 1988, later merged into Adtranz and Bombardier. [1] [2] Production of locomotives ended after the early 1950s.