Westinghouse air brake system

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The Westinghouse air brake system is a pioneering railway braking technology that greatly improved the safety and control of trains by using compressed air to apply brakes simultaneously across all cars.

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Generate an image of the Westinghouse air brake system (The Westinghouse air brake system is a pioneering railway braking technology that greatly improved the safety and control of trains by using compressed air to apply brakes simultaneously across all cars.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
WABCO RT-2 1
Westinghouse Air Brake Company 1
Westinghouse air brake 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pneumatic brake ⓘ
railway braking system ⓘ
safety device ⓘ
appliesTo freight trains ⓘ
locomotives ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
railway cars ⓘ
basedOn compressed air ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developedBy Westinghouse Air Brake Company ⓘ
enables operation of heavier trains ⓘ
operation of longer trains ⓘ
fieldOfUse industrial railways ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
hasComponent air compressor ⓘ
auxiliary reservoir ⓘ
brake cylinder ⓘ
brake pipe ⓘ
brake shoes ⓘ
main reservoir ⓘ
triple valve ⓘ
hasEffect improved braking reliability in adverse weather ⓘ
increased train operating speeds ⓘ
reduction of railway accidents ⓘ
hasPrinciple automatic application on loss of pressure ⓘ
fail-safe operation ⓘ
simultaneous brake application on all cars ⓘ
hasVariant automatic air brake ⓘ
quick-action air brake ⓘ
straight air brake ⓘ
improved control of long trains ⓘ
railway safety standards ⓘ
train stopping distance ⓘ
influenced modern railway air brake designs ⓘ
inventor George Westinghouse ⓘ
notableFor pioneering use of compressed air for train braking ⓘ
standardization of train braking systems ⓘ
operatesOn pressure changes in brake pipe ⓘ
regardedAs major innovation in railway history ⓘ
replaced early vacuum brake systems in some regions ⓘ
manual hand brakes on trains ⓘ
safetyFeature automatic application if train separates ⓘ
automatic emergency braking on pipe rupture ⓘ
usedFor railway safety ⓘ
train braking ⓘ
usesMedium compressed air ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Westinghouse → notableWork → Westinghouse air brake system ⓘ
George Westinghouse → employer → Westinghouse Air Brake Company ⓘ
linked to: Westinghouse air brake system
R68 → brakeSystem → WABCO RT-2 ⓘ
linked to: Westinghouse air brake system
Pennsylvania Railroad passenger cars → brakingSystem → Westinghouse air brake ⓘ
linked to: Westinghouse air brake system