Trackside Treasure

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Refurbishing Strombecker and Plastic Model Trains

This Father's Day, while I watchfully waited and hoped that our kids (and grandkids) would stop in, I decided to take on a one-day Fathe...

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

CN Saskatchewan-New Brunswick Potash Unit Trains

CN's Denison Sub in New Brunswick branched off CN's Sussex Subdivision at Moosehorn, Mi. 57.2, traversing 11.7 miles to CN Clover H...

Monday, June 29, 2020

Canada Day 2020

This will be a Canada Day unlike any other in living memory. There is a lot out there we do not want to celebrate. Like a global pandemic th...

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Springtime at the Station, June 2020

Springtime, barely. On June 18-19, 2020 I found myself trackside just ahead of the summer solstice. It was time to spring into action to ...

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Rather Sketchy Profile

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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