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Details of widow's will

Putting this here for now so it can be added into the article at an appropriate location later:

There is an account of his widow's will in the Buffalo Evening News dated November 17, 1896.

Slambo (Speak) 15:07, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And now it is added to the article. Slambo (Speak) 17:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Helped invent air brakes?

There is one newspaper item I found in researching for this article that suggests Brooks was instrumental in suggesting air brake technology to Westinghouse. So far, I don't see anything else connecting Brooks and Westinghouse. It really sounds more like urban legend than fact, so the item is here until it can be further proven. Slambo (Speak) 18:43, 11 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]