Trackside Treasure

Friday, July 29, 2011

BNSF and Ballast in Saskatchewan

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Guest photographer Ken McCutcheon: photographer, BC Rail RTC and Railfan & Railroad magazine editor's western Canadian railfan guide...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Summer Sale

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It's summer train show season. That means I need to clean out some items to make room for more items. Following on the heels of Tracksid...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Then and Now: Portage la Prairie 1980-2010 Part 2

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For this second post on Then and Now: Portage, Winnipeg's Paul Sincerny has graciously supplied the Now photos, and I've found Then ...
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Kingston Platform Scenes

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Recently, railfan and VIAphile Matt Soknacki arranged to meet me at Kingston's VIA station. Matt was travelling on VIA train 54, and u...
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Friday, July 1, 2011

Introducing the C-P-R Principle

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Question: Did it ever happen? A question often posed by unsure modellers and railfans, regarding the railways' use of a particular piec...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Canada Day: Canada by Train III

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Happy Canada Day! To highlight how inextricably woven Canada and her railways are, I've quoted sections of an editorial entitled " ...
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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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