Examples
| Name | Location | Country | Length (ft) | Gauge (in) | Rail Type | Welded/ Segmented |
Opened | Renovated | Closed | Geography | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) Rails 1&2 | Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM | USA | 50,788 | 84 | 171 | Welded | 1954 | Runs North-South, 32°53′17″N 106°09′01″W / 32.8881°N 106.1502°W / 32.8881; -106.1502 | |||
| Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT) | NAWC-WD, China Lake, CA | USA | 21,550 | 56.5 | 171 | Welded | 1953 | 2006 | North-South | ||
| Holloman High Speed Test Track (HHSTT) Rail 3 | Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM | USA | 20,200 | 26 | 171 | Welded | North-South | ||||
| Extended High-Speed Rocket Sled Track | Edwards AFB, Edwards, CA | USA | 20,000 | 171 | Welded | 1949 | 1959 | 1963 | Rails used to lengthen HHSTT | ||
| Supersonic Military Air Research Track (SMART) | Aircraft Interior Products Propulsion Systems, Hurricane Mesa, UT | USA | 12,000 | 56.5 | 105 | Welded | 1955 | 1961* | *Now Privately Owned & Operational | ||
| Sandia 2 | Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM | USA | 10,000 | 1966 | 1985 | North-South | |||||
| Russia | 50 km from Zvezda | Russia | 8,202 | Segmented | |||||||
| B-4 | NAWC-WD, China Lake, CA | USA | 6,800 | 56.5 | 75 | Welded | 1940 | ||||
| Martin-Baker Langford Lodge | Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland | UK | 6,200 | 30 | 80 | 1971 | Privately Owned & Operated by Martin-Baker | ||||
| Pendine Long Test Track (LTT) | Qinetiq, Pendine, Wales | UK | 4,921 | 12 | 103 | ||||||
| Centre D'essais Des Landes Single Rail R1 | Biscarrosse, France | France | 3,937 | Monorail | Square Beam | Segmented | (Foundation for 2nd rail in place) | ||||
| G4 | NAWC-WD, China Lake, CA | USA | 3,000 | 33.875 | 171 | Welded | |||||
| Eglin Track | Eglin AFB, Ft. Walton Beach, FL | USA | 2,000 | 56.5 | 171 | Welded | |||||
| Sandia 1 | Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM | USA | 2,000 | 1951 | |||||||
| Edwards North Base Track "G-Whiz" | Edwards AFB, Edwards, CA | USA | 2,000 | Welded | 1944 | 1953 | |||||
| Redstone Technical Test Center Sled Track 1 | Redstone Arsenal, AL | USA | 1,900 | ||||||||
| Pendine Impact Test Track | Qinetiq, Pendine, Wales | UK | 1,476 | ||||||||
| Centre D'essais Des Landes Single Rail R2 | Biscarrosse, France | France | 1,312 | Square Beam | |||||||
| Redstone Technical Test Center Sled Track 2 | Redstone Arsenal, AL | USA | 1,200 | ||||||||
| New Mexico Tech/EMRTC Sled Track | Socorro, NM | USA | 1,000 | Monorail | 171 | Privately Owned & Operated | |||||
| Pendine Short Test Track (STT) | Qinetiq, Pendine, Wales | UK | 656 | ||||||||
| General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems | Rock Hill, FL | USA | 656 | I-Beam | Privately Owned & Operated | ||||||
| Holloman Maglev Track | Holloman AFB, Alamogordo, NM | USA | |||||||||
| Germany | Germany | I-Beam |
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