Laboratory Information:
FRA - Transportation Technology Center
55500 DOT Road
Pueblo, CO 81001
Website: http://www.aar.com/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Transportation
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Luis I. Maal
Phone: (719) 584-0551
Fax: (719) 584-0508
Email: luis.maal@dot.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Transportation Technology Center (TTC)
is a world class facility offering a wide range of unique capabilities
for research, development, testing, consulting, and training for railway-related technologies.
The site, 21 miles
northeast of Pueblo, Colo., is owned by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and is operated and maintained
by
the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., under a care, custody, and control contract with the Federal
Railroad
Administration. A 52 square mile facility, TTC is isolated and secure with a vast array of specialized
testing
facilities and tracks. The site also enables testing of all types of freight and passenger rolling
stock, vehicle and
track components, and safety devices.
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Engineering
- Transportation Security
- Technical standards
- Transit systems
- Transit test track
- Vehicle monitoring systems
- Vehicle performance
- Railroad test track
- Wheel rail mechanism loop
- Accelerated service testing
- Communications & train control
- Computer modeling
- Freight damage prevention
- High tonnange loop
- Impact tracks
- Instrumentation and data collection, analysis and reporting
- Precision test track
