TTX

TTX Company provides railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry. Pooled railcars are for service in the intermodal, automotive, lumber, machinery, building materials, steel, and other commodity groups where flatcars, boxcars, and gondolas are required.

TTX Company’s stock is owned by North America’s leading railroads who are also their primary customers. Cars are provided to railroads at competitive car hire rates.

Chicago is a natural location for the company’s headquarters, as it is the only gateway where all six Class-One North American railroads can interchange traffic. 

The company decided to stay in their Chicago office at 101 N. Wacker after considering a move a suburban location.  Stalled talks were revived between TTX and landlord Equity Office after TTX began scouting properties in Rosemont. Planning Department spokeswoman Connie Buscemi said work was done to “ensure that an equitable deal could be reached that would keep TTX in the city.”

Mayor Daley’s leadership and investment in public infrastructure to ensure Chicago’s preeminence as a leading global city for the future impacted TTX. "The mayor played an active role in our thinking," said former TTX President and Chief Executive Andrew F. Reardon.

The company has renewed a 15-year lease at 101 N. Wacker and remains one of the largest privately held firms in the city.