Trackside Treasure

Thursday, May 28, 2026

1,000th Post - More Than A Little Help from My Friends

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Welcome to this 1,000th Trackside Treasure post! Something special, something not ever dreamed of or planned. It just sort of happened. Aver...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Ontario Northland's Four-Car Covered Hopper Fleet

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Ontario Northland bought a petite fleet of National Steel Car covered hopper cars to transport agricultural products from Northern Ontario t...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

A Quick Trip to Montreal, 1996

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On August 22, 1996 I made a quick trip to Montreal*. VIA No 52's four-car consist was led by 6919 and I was effortlessly ensconced in co...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

CN Wayfreight on Kingston's Hanley Spur in HO Scale

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The nice weather - sunroom-type weather - will soon be here. Wheels will stop turning on my HO-scale Hanley spur layout for the summer. Prio...
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Eric Gagnon was born in Montreal, Quebec and has lived in Kingston, Ontario most of his life. Much time was spent trackside when not in school, college or practising as a medical laboratory technologist. Married with two children, Eric is also an HO-scale modeller, musician, avid reader and blogger, having launched his Canadian railfan blog Trackside Treasure in 2008. Eric's first book Trackside with VIA:The First 35 Years, published in 2011, was followed by two more in 2012: Trackside with VIA:Cross-Canada Compendium and Consist Companion. In 2017, Eric published his fourth book, Trackside with VIA - Research & Recollections, followed by his two-volume Trains & Grains series in June, 2018, then two books on Kingston's waterfront history - Smoke on the Waterfront in November 2020, and Stories on the Waterfront in August, 2021.
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