Trackside Treasure

Thursday, September 1, 2016

CN 6104xx-Series Ingot Bulkhead Flatcars

In 1992-1994, CN reporting marks replaced Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific reporting marks on some cars from the DWC 607900-608999 series -...

Thursday, August 25, 2016

Summertime at the Station, August 2016

An unusually dry, also hot and humid August descended upon Kingston including the VIA station during my visit on August 3. Upon arrival ...

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

VIA Builds and Splits Trains at Brockville, 1981-1985

Beginning with the November 15, 1981 timetable marking the disastrous Liberal government cuts to VIA, the cars for Nos 44/54 were include...

Monday, August 8, 2016

VIA Builds and Splits Trains at Brockville, 1976-1981

Are you interested in Corridor operations in VIA's early era? If so, you've likely seen photos of VIA passenger trains being bui...

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Eric: 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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