Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
The Transportation Technology Center , 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. It was incorporated on January 1, 1998, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads.Facility
Located on a 30,000 acre site, the TTC site is home to numerous test tracks and laboratories. Two of the test tracks are electrified. The Railroad Test Track 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.
