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Email Address
My email address is eby_michael@sympatico.ca.
Corrections? Comments? Please feel free to express your opinions of the site, or correct me regarding any inaccuracies or broken links. If I don't fix the problem, please tell me again! This is a large site and it's hard to keep track of all its sections.
Drawing Requests
Let me know if you'd like to see new locomotives or rolling stock in the drawings, or updated versions of old drawings. I try to fill out requests on a regular basis. I will not take payments for requests, but neither will I guarantee their completion.
Image Use
Photos and drawings on this site have been displayed on many other websites. Please email me for permission to do so. Terms of use of the drawings are described at the bottom of the Drawings page.
Contributions
I do not post image contributions any more, since I was formerly unable to keep up with updates on the rest of the site. Feel free to send images or links nonetheless--I won't post images, but I do enjoy seeing them!
About the Author
Full Name: Michael John Eby (But call me Mike or Michael)Date of birth: January 20, 1986
Home: North Hatley, Quebec, Canada, 1 1/2 hours due East of Montreal. Less than 10 minutes away from both the MMA and SLR rail lines.
Occupations
- Currently (2007-) in Environmental Studies at Bishop's University (Lennoxville, QC)
- Previously (2005-2007) in Mechanical Engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, QC)
- Currently self-employed mowing lawns, doing yard and construction work and odd jobs (mainly summer)
- Volunteer webmaster and sound technician for Plymouth-Trinity United Church.
Hobbies
- Trainspotting and modelling
- Photography
- Biking, hiking and enjoying the great outdoors
- Renovation and construction
Interests (aside from trains)
- The environment (trees and forests in particular)
- Subaru (and cars in general); daily driver is a Wintergreen Metallic AWD 1996 Subaru Legacy L wagon
- Music; can play the piano/keyboard
- Cats; pets are Taia and Ollie
Railroad Perspectives
- Locomotives: I'm somewhat of an EMD fan, but I have come to like GE locomotives more than I used to. My favourite model (from a railfan's perspective) is the GP40-2L(W). With old locomotives, I favour locomotive preservation or use on smaller railroads over immediate scrapping.
- Railroads: I prefer small railroads. My favourite is the St. Lawrence & Atlantic RR, which I lived next to until 2008. My favourite large railroad used to be CN, but I like it less since it has placed so much emphasis on the bottom line, and I'm now partial to CP.
- Railfanning: I've learned not to pass up an opportunity to catch rare or unusual equipment. I try to always remain on public property. I rarely drive great distances solely for railfanning, in the interests of the environment and fuel conservation.