Trackside Treasure

Friday, September 30, 2011

A Tug on the Coupler

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A train trip always starts with a tug on the coupler. Sometimes almost imperceptible, sometimes not. The station platform starts to slide ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Railfan Vehicles

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Do you live beside the tracks? If not, to go railfanning you need a railfan vehicle of some sort. Anything with two to four wheels will get ...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Trackside Modelling: Engro Fertilizer Dealer

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Bulk fertilizer is an essential component of modern agriculture. In an earlier post on trackside details in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, ...
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Monday, September 5, 2011

VIA Trip to Ottawa

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VIA's 50% off sale encouraged us to book a couple of Corridor trips this summer. On Labour Day weekend, my wife, daughter and I were of...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Then and Now: Bayview Junction 1981-2011

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Retired RTC Tim Ball (TJB) travelled to Bayview Junction near Hamilton, Ontario in July and was kind enough to share some of his photos. I...
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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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