Transportation Technology Center, Inc.

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI), 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 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 (FRA).[1] TTCI was formed on January 1, 1998, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

TTCI Logo
TTCI Facility
TTCI Locomotive

Facility

The TTCI site is home to numerous test tracks and laboratories.[2][3] Two of the test tracks are electrified. The Railroad Test Track (RTT, named to differentiate it from the original hovertrain tracks) is equipped with overhead catenary, while the Transit Test Track (TTT) 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.

References
  1. Transportation Technology Center, Inc., (TTCI). Transportation Technology Center, Inc, (c) 2009. Web. 19 October 2009
  2. "TTCI Test Tracks". www.aar.com. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. "Transportation Technology Center Inc. (TTCI) - Railway Research (developed by UIC)". www.railway-research.org. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

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