Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co
1920 Recognising the interdependence of effective braking and signalling in train safety, the Westinghouse Brake Co acquired certain assets of the Consolidated Signal Co[1]. By these means, Westinghouse Brake secured controlling interests in the signal manufacturing concerns of[2]:
- Saxby and Farmer Ltd
- England, McKenzie and Holland Ltd
- Saxby and Farmer (India) Ltd
- McKenzie, Holland and Westinghouse Power Signal Co
- Compagnie Generale Signalisation de Paris
The name of the company was changed to Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal Co.
1926 Received an order from Metropolitan-Vickers for 101 motor driven air compressors, type DH, for the Sydney Surburban Railways extension.[3]
1926 Appointed Millemon (Factors) as sales service and fitting agents for the Fife, Kinross, Clackmannan, Linlithgow, Berwick, Roxborough, Selkirk, Peebles, Stirling, east of and including Falkirk areas of Scotland.[4]
1929 British Industries Fair Adverts for Low Tension Battery Eliminator and Metal Rectifiers. Manufacturers of All-metal Rectifiers for use in Radio apparatus and Battery Chargers, and for other purposes, where direct current is required from alternating current supply. (Wireless section - Stand No. MM.39). [of York Road, London] [5]
1935 The name was changed to the Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co