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Friday, October 2, 2020

Kingston-Winnipeg aboard VIA, 1984 - Part 1

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In May-June 1984 I travelled aboard VIA Rail to Winnipeg, visiting relatives in Portage la Prairie, MB. Departing westward May 26 on VIA No ...
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Friday, September 25, 2020

Layout Backdrops

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Model railroaders often focus on the micro, at the expense of the macro. Facing constant space constraints and a quest to make our layouts n...
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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Two Days at Portage, 1978

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Let's turn back the clock 42 years to two days in August in Portage la Prairie, MB presenting that providential place's panoply of p...
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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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