Transportation Technology Center, Inc.

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Transportation Technology Center, Inc.
IndustryRailroad equipment testing and training
PredecessorHigh Speed Ground Test Center
Founded1998; 24 years ago (1998)
Headquarters
Pueblo, Colorado
,
United States
Area served
North America
Key people
Lisa Stabler, President
Number of employees
300
ParentAssociation of American Railroads
Federal Railroad Administration
Websitewww.ttci.tech

Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) is a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) which serves its member railroads.[1] From 1982 to 2022, operations at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) were managed by a public-private partnership under the "care, custody, and control" contract awarded to AAR; AAR formed its TTCI subsidiary in 1998, and TTCI has assumed the contract since then.

The TTC is a railroad equipment testing and training facility located northeast of Pueblo, Colorado, owned by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). It was built in 1971 as the High Speed Ground Test Center (HSGTC) for the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its original purpose was to test several hovertrain concepts. When those projects were completed in the 1970s, the site was handed to the FRA.

History[]

AAR 2000 (ex-SAL 610), an EMD GP40 locomotive used at TTC by TTCI

The facility operations and maintenance for TTC has been the responsibility of a contractor since July 1972.[2]: 89–92  Due to reduced funding that threatened to close TTC, the FRA entered a public-private partnership with AAR in 1982, who would take over "care, custody, and control" of the facility.[3] AAR formed its TTCI subsidiary to administer the contract in 1998[4] and the contract has been renewed periodically as a single-source award since then.[5][6]

In March 2021, the FRA awarded the operations and maintenance contract to ENSCO, Inc., who will assume responsibility for research and development, testing, engineering, and training services at TTC from TTCI starting in October 2022. In addition, ENSCO will expand the use of TTC to support more general ground transportation research.[7] In April, TTCI announced plans to build a new, independent research facility in Pueblo after reaching an agreement with the Pueblo Economic Development Corporation (PEDCO).[8] The new facility would be in the Pueblo Memorial Industrial Park (next to Pueblo Memorial Airport) at 350 and 442 Keeler Parkway, employing 195 full-time employees; the economic incentive package included up to $4.3 million in rent abatement.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Testing Facilities & Equipment". Federal Railroad Administration. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Secretary of Transportation (1977). The Tenth and Final Report on the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 (Report). U.S. Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 16, 2021. alternative PDF link
  3. ^ Holmes, Nathan D. (April 19, 2008). "A Look Inside the Transportation Test Center". Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "TTCI Is Evolving" (Press release). Transportation Technology Center, Inc. March 5, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Federal Railroad Administration Announces Contract Agreement with the Transportation Technology Center, Inc" (Press release). Federal Railroad Administration. September 15, 2000. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  6. ^ Luczak, Marybeth (March 8, 2021). "TTC Management Transitioning to 'DOT-Wide' Contract". Railway Age. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "ENSCO awarded contract to manage Transportation Technology Center". Progressive Railroading. March 9, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Luczak, Marybeth (April 27, 2021). "TTCI to Start 'Next Chapter' at New Pueblo Facility". Railway Age. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Rail Research, Testing and Development in Pueblo!" (Press release). Pueblo Economic Development Corporation. April 26, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2021.

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Coordinates: 38°26′04″N 104°17′06″W / 38.43444°N 104.28500°W / 38.43444; -104.28500

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