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Welcome to
CarrTracks, the leading website for western historical train symbol
information. I have been producing freight train history, blocking, and
schedule books since 1984. I hope some of the information posted here
helps you enjoy this great hobby. There are over one thousand pages on
this site, so make sure you bookmark this page so you can come back
again.
I live in Dallas, Texas. This website is hosted by
CrossSpot in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Thanks to all that have
purchased my books and videos. I want to keep this website free for the
enjoyment of railfans everywhere. Your purchases help me pay the bills for
maintaining this website.
Library
The CarrTracks
library contains articles on railroad operations where you will find
interesting content and good illustrations. Right now, the three largest
articles are on the Burlington Northern, Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific. A smaller article covers hot intermodal trains on the Santa Fe.
There is also an article to help model railroaders dream up realistic
names for their towns, industries, and trains. You can click on most of
the small pictures to display a larger image and get additional
information. Please remember that all of the photos are copyrighted by
CarrTracks and should not be used without permission.
Gallery
The CarrTracks
gallery has sections of pictures. The pictures from several articles in
the library have been chained together so you can easily view all of the
pictures in a particular section.
About
me
My interest is in railroad freight train operations and
photography, primarily the Santa Fe, BNSF, Burlington Northern, Union
Pacific, and Southern Pacific. See the about page for more information
about me and my connections with the railroads.
Links
This site is not
intended to compete with other fine railfan sites. See the CarrTracks
links page for other railfan sites.
Videos
I recently edited
railroad video programs on the Durango and Silverton, the Union Pacific in
Eastern Oregon, and parts one and two of a series on Western Coal Trains.
I have ideas for several more projects. Buy a video and help the
economy.
I am updating all of the pictures as I scan my old slides with a new scanner.
I am starting in the Pacific Northwest and moving south and east.
The first section to be rescanned was Canada.
I've also completed Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.
I recently completed the D&RGW pictures in Utah and Colorado.
I am currently working on Tehachapi.
CAUTION: Of the 2,500 pages on this site, there
are 470 pages that may take more than 30 seconds to load if you are on a
very slow modem.
There are almost 19,000 links on this site with 55 links to
other sites. As much as I've tried to make sure that all of these links
work, things break. Please let me know of any dead links you discover
while surfing the CarrTracks website. I will be most grateful and you will
be helping your fellow web surfers.
Let me know what you think of
CarrTracks
E-mail John Carr
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