History
Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd formed part of BTR plc who acquired it from the Hawker Siddeley group in 1982. In 1999, BTR merged with Siebe to form Invensys.
The detailed history of the company from 1881 to 1981 was recorded in O.S. Nock's final book, 'A Hundred Years of Speed with Safety', not published until 2006 - many years after Nock's death. A second book, 'Westinghouse Brake & Signal in Photographs 1894 to 1981' was published by polunnio.co.uk in 2010, this not-for-profit project raising funds for the Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre which holds a significant collection of documents and artefacts about the Company. Other documentation is held at the Swindon & Wiltshire History Centre in the town.
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