X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd


Strathfield railway station

Signalling at Strathfield is controlled by an entrance-exit (NX) route control panel with an early automatic route setting (ARS) system, which was manufactured by Westinghouse in the United Kingdom.

The 1926-vintage power box, which had a Westinghouse miniature lever frame, still stands to the west end of platform 8.


Knorr-Bremse

In 2000, it purchased British manufacturer, Westinghouse Brakes (formerly the brakes division of Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd), from Invensys, and subsequently moved its operations from Chippenham to the nearby English town of Melksham.


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