Wabtec Corp. - Locomotive & Railroad Engineering Works
USA /
Pennsylvania /
Wilmerding /
Airbrake Avenue, 1001
World
/ USA
/ Pennsylvania
/ Wilmerding
World / United States / Pennsylvania
railway, production
Westinghouse Air Brake Company (former)
Original Wabco manufacturing facility, since closed. Located adjacent to the PRR main line, Wabco's first customer. Now home to Wabtec Corporation (derived from Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation) an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999.
Wabtec manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 4,000 horsepower (3 MW).
Global supplier of products, services and systems for the rail industry. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures a broad range of components for locomotives and freight cars, including state-of-the-art electronic train-control systems. Wabtec also builds new environmentally friendly locomotives and provides aftermarket services, such as locomotive overhaul and remanufacturing, and locomotive and freight car fleet maintenance.
1001 Air Brake Avenue, Wilmerding, PA, 15148
www.wabtec.com/subsidiaries/locations.asp?id=26
www.wabtec.com/railroad/railroad_home.asp
Original Wabco manufacturing facility, since closed. Located adjacent to the PRR main line, Wabco's first customer. Now home to Wabtec Corporation (derived from Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation) an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (WABCO) and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999.
Wabtec manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 4,000 horsepower (3 MW).
Global supplier of products, services and systems for the rail industry. Through its subsidiaries, the company manufactures a broad range of components for locomotives and freight cars, including state-of-the-art electronic train-control systems. Wabtec also builds new environmentally friendly locomotives and provides aftermarket services, such as locomotive overhaul and remanufacturing, and locomotive and freight car fleet maintenance.
1001 Air Brake Avenue, Wilmerding, PA, 15148
www.wabtec.com/subsidiaries/locations.asp?id=26
www.wabtec.com/railroad/railroad_home.asp
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Air_Brake_Company
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Coordinates: 40°23'46"N 79°48'39"W
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