Transportation Technology Center, Inc.

The Transportation Technology Center (TTC), is a railroad testing and training facility located northeast of Pueblo, Colorado. It originated as the Department of Transportation's High Speed Ground Test Center in 1971 as a site to test several hovertrain concepts. When those projects were completed in the 1970s, the site was handed to the Federal Railroad Administration.[1] It was incorporated on January 1, 1998, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads.

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Facility

Located on a 30,000-acre site, the TTC site is home to numerous test tracks and laboratories.[2][3][4] Two of the test tracks are electrified. The Railroad Test Track (named to differentiate it from the original hovertrain tracks) is equipped with overhead catenary, while the Transit Test Track is equipped with third rail and a small section of overhead catenary. Additionally, there are numerous specialized track geometry test tracks, with specified irregularities introduced to test rail vehicle dynamic response.[5]

References
  1. Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (TTCI). Transportation Technology Center, Inc, (c) 2009. Web. 19 October 2009
  2. Pueblo: Test-tube for tomorrow's railroads Railway Age September 13, 1971 pages 38-42
  3. "TTCI Test Tracks". www.aar.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  4. "Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) - Railway Research (developed by UIC)". www.railway-research.org. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  5. Having a smashing time in Pueblo Rail issue 336 29 July 1998 pages 36-40

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