| On This Day - 7 November 1881 - Westinghouse Brake Company registered Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 07:55, 7th November 2026 |     |
Makers of automatic braking system for railways. They had a large facility near Chippenham station in Wiltshire.
See https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Westinghouse_Brake_Co
and
https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/24185562.westinghouse-chippenham-site-demolished-new-homes/
| Re: On This Day - 7 November 1881 - Westinghouse Brake Company registered Posted by grahame at 08:01, 7th November 2026 | |
Makers of automatic braking system for railways. They had a large facility near Chippenham station in Wiltshire.
See https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Westinghouse_Brake_Co
and
https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/24185562.westinghouse-chippenham-site-demolished-new-homes/
See https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Westinghouse_Brake_Co
and
https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/24185562.westinghouse-chippenham-site-demolished-new-homes/
And their successor still does - just yesterday, the prime minister opened the new Siemens plant for railway signalling on the outskirts of the town. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck9qzzy0vrjwo
The opening of a £100 million rail engineering facility is a "vote of confidence" for a region's economy and future, a government minister has said.
The new Siemens Rail Technology Centre on Southpoint Business Park in Chippenham was opened earlier, with the prime minister among those in attendance.
Siemens, which was previously based elsewhere in the town, creates digital signalling technology for the UK's rail network.
Heidi Alexander, the MP for Swindon South and the secretary of state for transport, said: "It's a great vote of confidence in the economy of the West Country
The new Siemens Rail Technology Centre on Southpoint Business Park in Chippenham was opened earlier, with the prime minister among those in attendance.
Siemens, which was previously based elsewhere in the town, creates digital signalling technology for the UK's rail network.
Heidi Alexander, the MP for Swindon South and the secretary of state for transport, said: "It's a great vote of confidence in the economy of the West Country
