Search results

Results 1 – 20 of 27,050
Advanced search

Search in namespaces:

View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)
  • Thumbnail for Union Switch & Signal
    Union Switch & Signal (commonly referred to as US&S) was an American company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which focused on railway signaling equipment...
    14 KB (1,199 words) - 19:16, 1 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Kill switch
    A kill switch, also known more formally as an emergency brake, emergency stop (E-stop), emergency off (EMO), or emergency power off (EPO), is a safety...
    24 KB (2,702 words) - 15:12, 5 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Interlocking
    cumbersome and less sophisticated, and so was not implemented very widely. Union Switch & Signal bought their company in 1882. As technology advanced the railway...
    25 KB (2,932 words) - 16:38, 13 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swissvale, Pennsylvania
    by James Swisshelm, during the industrial age it was the site of the Union Switch and Signal Company of George Westinghouse. The population was 8,624 at...
    14 KB (1,143 words) - 22:00, 15 December 2023
  • company Union Switch & Signal (US&S) was founded by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from the assets of the Interlocking Switch & Signal...
    22 KB (2,005 words) - 12:13, 11 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Float switch
    A float switch is a type of level sensor, a device used to detect the level of liquid within a tank. The switch may be used to control a pump, as an indicator...
    3 KB (467 words) - 20:24, 24 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Switched-mode power supply
    A switched-mode power supply (SMPS), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is...
    62 KB (5,577 words) - 09:06, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Track circuit
    include: Alstom née GE Electrocode 5 Microtrax/E-Code by Hitachi née Union Switch & Signal Where the length of a section exceeds the practical length of...
    28 KB (3,775 words) - 04:53, 28 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Train stop
    man's switch Derail Indusi or PZB - German train protection system Moorgate control Railway signal Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) Union Switch and...
    16 KB (2,335 words) - 09:37, 2 April 2024
  • kill switch is a countermeasure concept of activating a single shut off mechanism for all Internet traffic. The concept behind having a kill switch is based...
    18 KB (2,092 words) - 18:09, 11 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for North American railroad signals
    1860s, and semaphores gradually displaced other types of signals. The Union Switch & Signal company (US&S) introduced an electro-pneumatic design in 1881...
    53 KB (7,582 words) - 20:48, 9 February 2024
  • Singapore Union of Sovereign States, the planned successor to the Soviet Union Union Switch & Signal, a supplier of railroad switching equipment Union Syndicale...
    2 KB (304 words) - 17:58, 18 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph Sua'ali'i
    negotiations in 2020 as well as during his announcement in March 2023 of switching to rugby union starting in 2025. In 2021, he was granted an exemption to play...
    44 KB (3,355 words) - 01:20, 26 April 2024
  • Switch tower)
    lineside signalling equipment. The technical apparatus used to control switches (points), signals and block systems is called interlocking. Originally...
    15 KB (1,894 words) - 21:44, 14 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for George Westinghouse
    George Westinghouse (category Union College (New York) alumni)
    used oil lamps). In 1881 he founded the Union Switch and Signal Company to manufacture his signaling and switching inventions. Westinghouse's interests in...
    30 KB (3,366 words) - 14:00, 31 March 2024
View (previous 20 | ) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500
)