written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message ttx company type private industry freight car provider founded november 1955 founders pennsylvania railroad norfolk and western and rail trailer corp. headquarters chicago united states area served north america key people thomas f. wells president and ceo website http www.ttx.com ttx company formerly trailer train is a leading provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the north american rail industry . ttx s pool of railcars over 220 000 cars and intermodal wells is ideal for supporting shippers in the intermodal automotive paper & forest metals machinery wind energy and other markets where flatcars boxcars and gondolas are required . 1 owned by north america s leading railroads ttx s free running pools provide fungible assets that minimize total empty miles further lowering costs and minimizing risk for the industry helping the railroads conserve their capital for other critical infrastructure needs . customers easily recognize ttx s bright yellow cars as a consistent high quality well maintained fleet that serves many transportation needs . 1 view the benefits of pooling contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 ownership 4 logo 5 news 6 see also 7 footnotes history edit ttx was originally founded in 1955 by the pennsylvania railroad predecessor to conrail the norfolk and western railway predecessor to norfolk southern and rail trailer corporation . pennsylvania railroad employees 6 000 in total entered possible names in a drawing for the new company and the name trailer train won . 2 trailer train s original goals were to standardize tofc railcar practices foster the growth of transportation provide its members with the best available equipment at the lowest cost and keep its members abreast of new developments . in 1991 the company changed its company name from trailer train to ttx . ttx continues to operate under pooling authority granted by the surface transportation board stb . the stb and its predecessor the icc repeatedly recognized ttx s important public benefits and over 60 years later still finds that ttx lowers costs for the rail industry and supports the growth of the north american railroad network . the flatcar pool was first approved in 1974 and then reauthorized in 1989 1994 2004 and most recently on october 1 2014 for a 15 year term . 3 fleet edit ttx s railcar fleet consists of three key car types flatcars boxcars and gondolas . half of the fleet is dedicated to flatcars and intermodal wells with a quarter dedicated to auto racks for hauling finished vehicles . the remaining quarter of the pool includes boxcars gondolas and specialized flatcars to carry a wide variety of general merchandise commodities . 4 ttx provides standardized car types and re purposes idle assets to serve a dynamic marketplace . the fleet is maintained through a network of independent repair facilities ttx owned field maintenance operations fmos located at intermodal terminals throughout north america and ttx owned heavy repair shops located in jacksonville fl north augusta sc waterford mi and mira loma ca. 5 ownership edit ttx is privately owned by north america s railroads and functions as the industry s railcar cooperative . the nine major railroads listed below all own shares of the company with a voting member from each railroad making up the ttx board of directors . burlington northern santa fe corp. canadian national railway canadian pacific railway ltd. csx corporation ferromex kansas city southern railway norfolk southern corp. pan am railways boston & maine corporation union pacific railroad logo edit the former logo of the company replaced in 2008 . between 1991 and 2008 the company used a yellow and black logo . in march 2008 the company released a new logo colored tuscan red in honor of one of the founding railroads the pennsylvania railroad . the ttx tagline next load any road is a written reminder of ttx s core mission ; providing railcars that can be reloaded at destination reducing empty miles and saving the industry millions in operational costs each year . ttx railcars move freely amongst class i railroads and hundreds of short line and regional railroads to deliver freight to a wide variety of industries serving all of north america . 6 news edit in 2015 ttx was named to the chicago tribune s top 100 workplaces for the sixth consecutive year . 7 see also edit auto rack boxcar double stack gondola list of rolling stock manufacturers tofc trailer on flat car railbox company railgon company footnotes edit a b ttx company . ttx railcar pooling experts . retrieved march 30 2016 . curtis d. buford 1982 . trailer train company a unique force in the railroad industry . newcomen society in north america . p. 13 . ttx company stb authority . retrieved march 30 2016 . ttx equipment . retrieved march 30 2016 . ttx maintenance services . retrieved march 31 2016 . ttx pooling benefits . chicago tribune . top workplaces . retrieved march 30 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ttx company & oldid 715144121 categories rolling stock leasing companiesrolling stock manufacturers of the united statesprivately held companies based in illinoiscompanies established in 1955hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from april 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 00 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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