Trackside Treasure

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Canada's Longest Railway Bridge

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Canada's longest railway bridge is the 5,327-foot Lethbridge viaduct over the Oldman River. One of Canada's shortest is at Mi 178.8...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Trackside Modelling Portage la Prairie 1984

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Portage la Prairie, Manitoba is a railfan hotspot. The confluence of CN and CP mainlines means a high frequency of trains. Are you interes...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

An Afternoon at Portage la Prairie, 1984

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CN and CP lines through Portage la Prairie, Manitoba were alive with trains on a partly overcast, very humid May 31, 1984. An enjoyable morn...
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Friday, January 28, 2011

CN Logo Turns 50

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The longevity of the CN logo is unparalleled on the modern rail scene. Painted on everything from boxcabs to boxcars, it's been affectio...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

CN's Symington Yard, Part 2

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Continuing coverage of Symington Yard from Part 1 : CN's Symington Division Manual describes hump movements: "Hump foreman will che...
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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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