Transportation Technology Center

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The Transportation Technology Center ( TTCI ) is a test railroad track near Pueblo , Colorado . The site was selected in 1969 for the construction of a High Speed ​​Ground Test Center , a test track for air cushion tracks . In 1974, however, this was demolished. After that, the facility was owned by the Federal Railroad Administration and was privatized to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) on January 1, 1998 .

  • Test of the Linear Induction Motor Test Vehicle (LIMTV) 1973

The test route has a total length of 77 km in seven sections: heavy goods route for high axle loads , wheelset test route (5.6 km), test ring (21.7 km, maximum speed 265 km / h), local traffic test route (14.6 km, with conductor rail and overhead line ), Impact test track (1.2 km), precision measurement track (10.0 km) and driving dynamics test track.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Rocket Cars at the Pueblo Test Center: Why Did The Cars Go To the Test Track?
  2. ↑ AAR Test Tracks

Coordinates: 38 ° 26 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 104 ° 19 ′ 38.3 ″  W.