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Friday, March 30, 2012

Spring Cleaning Sale

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Spring cleaning means a clean sweep of my collection for the following twenty-four items.  Perhaps you'll find some springtime read...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Corridor Canrailpass 1984, Part 2

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A short night, but there were miles to go after I sleep, to begin part 2 of this week spent travelling aboard VIA. DAY 3 Wednesday, March ...
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Corridor Canrailpass 1984, Part 1

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VIA Rail's 8-day Corridor Canrailpass was available for a mere $85 in 1984, providing eight days of travel in the Quebec City-Windsor...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

CN Predecessor Tie Cars, Part 1

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This past Saturday, I noticed a pair of CN Geeps working the Cataraqui Spur.  Alternately known as Work 900 or Work 7027, engines 4130 and 7...
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Friday, March 2, 2012

How to close a crossing

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A unique double level crossing in Collins Bay, Ontario existed until 1995 when the easternmost of the two level crossings, Hillview Road, wa...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

CN's Oakland Subdivision

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Running north from Delta Junction off CN's Gladstone Sub at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, CN's Oakland Subdivision ran north, wes...
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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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