[PRCo] Re: Westinghouse

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Westinghouse today has nothing to do with radio or television
stations...they were all retained by CBS, which Westinghouse bought (and
changed its name to) shortly before exiting its core fields.  CBS is now
part of the Viacom empire of sleaze.  (Alas, I am a stockholder.)  The
broadcasting companies are consolidated under the Infinity Broadcasting
name.

The Westinghouse name and some of the former businesses are owned by one of
the major European firms...I believe it is Siemens.

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W. Schneider III
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:02 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Westinghouse



One should also note that Westinghouse has since sold off many of its
core businesses ... the Transit Division, for example, went to Adtranz,
then Bombardier.  (If I've got that sequence correct.)  Westinghouse
Electric of today is principally a television station group that may or
may not have started out as Group W Radio stations.

And General Electric today is a major bank in addition to their other
product line.  To the best of my knowledge, GE still has the Locomotive
and Car operations at 2900 East Lake Road, Erie.

Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> In the 1960's they were competitors but made different products.
> WABCO picked up Union Switch.  WABCO actually had a
> rubber tired people mover to compete with the Westinghouse
> Skybus.
>
> I believe that Westinghouse Electric was the larger.
>
> Harold Geissenheimer
>
> Jim Holland wrote:
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> > 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?
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> > James B. Holland
> >
> > Holland  Electric  Railway  Operation
> >     "O"--Scale  St.-Petersburg Trams Company Trolleycars  &
> >         "O"--Scale  Parts  mailto:pghpcc at pacbell.net
> >         Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM) http://www.pa-trolley.org/
> >     Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
> > N.M.R.A.  Life member #2190; http://www.nmra.org
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