Trackside Treasure

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Locomotive Nicknames

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Early in our railfanning careers, we approach our new-found fascination of trainspotting with fervor and unabashed enthusiasm! If we stic...
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Friday, February 16, 2018

BN Cryogenic Cars

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BN 751000-751076 were (converted CB&Q) cryogenic cars (cardon dioxide-cooled reefers), with a 67'8" external length, 15'...
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Saturday, February 10, 2018

Transcon Train Times at Portage la Prairie

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Any time was train time while railfanning Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. But not anytime was passenger train time! During my preparation a...
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Saturday, February 3, 2018

McCallister Pea & Seed Cleaners, Portage la Prairie

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                                                   Allen McCallister came to Manitoba in 1897 from Grey North County, Ontario. He began...
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Saturday, January 27, 2018

CN acquires ex-CP units in Ontario Hydro contract

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CN took over a CP contract to haul coal from Bienfait, SK to Thunder Bay, ON for Ontario Hydro. Along with the contract came CP SD40-2...
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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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