Trackside Treasure

Thursday, January 4, 2024

VIA Toronto to Halifax? - December, 1979

On the prolific Railpictures.ca website, I recently viewed this interesting Steve Danko photo . In his caption information, Steve mentioned...

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

A Headlight Dimmed, Ten Years On

A headlight dimmed, a fire dropped, a stack capped, rods lashed to running boards - signs that a mighty steam locomotive had rolled its fina...

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Thoughts on Train Shows

Last October, our Associated Railroaders of Kingston (ARK) group hosted our fourth Rail Fair train show over six years (top photo). For two ...

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Merry Christmas 2023

Peace. Placidity. Harmony. Restfulness. Goodwill. Concord* As I sit here on my sofa ruminating and marinating in a beverage, I am at peace. ...

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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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