[PRCo] Re: Westinghouse

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

WABCO was started in 1869 - read all about it at
http://www.wabco-rail.com/corp/history.asp  and
http://www.georgewestinghouse.com/  

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Fred W. Schneider III [mailto:fschnei at supernet.com] 
Sent:	Monday, November 05, 2001 8:15 AM
To:	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject:	[PRCo] Re: Westinghouse


And note that 435 6th Avenue was the address of the Philadelphia Company
and Pittsburgh Railways.  Ed could tell us if Equitable Gas and Duquesne
Light were in the same building. 

Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jim Holland wrote:
> 
> >
> > Good Morning!!
> >
> >       What is//was the relationship between Westinghouse Electric and
Westinghouse Air Brake?
> >
> >       Information I have indicates W. Elec was formed in 1866; when was
W. Air formed?
> >
> >       I believe Air went first and Electric was bought out, Yes?
> 
> The WABCO plant in Wilmerding is now WabTec, but it's still there.
> American Standard owned Union Switch and Signal and WABCO and to be honest
> I have no idea what the ownership looks like these days. Union Switch and
> Signal is no longer in Edgewood (there's a shopping center there now) but
> they do have an office building where the J&L plant along 2nd Avenue was.