About that Wabash line...
From the snail mail bag, a missive from Peter Mitchell of Sidney, BC requests that St. Thomas, Ont. be featured in an upcoming publication. Indeed, St. Thomas is technically on a CNR line (keep in mind when I say "is", my mind is in 1954). Operationally, however, it is Wabash territory. There is a CNR element in the form of the local trains (Fort Erie-St. Thomas mixed train and way freight, St. Thomas-Windsor way freight).
Mr. Mitchell also requests a treatment of the Aylmer, Port Rowan and associated territory. Well, the Hamilton book will cover the section of Wabash line between Jarvis and Simcoe Junction, inasmuch as the mixed train from Hamilton traversed that portion of the line. Further, there will be heavy treatment of the towns of Simcoe, Port Rowan and Port Dover. Of course, Steam Through London covered Wabash traffic between Windsor and Glencoe, and Steam to the Niagara Frontier dealt with the same traffic between Welland Junction, Fort Erie and Niagara Falls. So we're dealing with the line in a piecemeal fashion.
As for a separate treatment on the Wabash, I'll make this standing offer: you Wabash guys put the photographic resources into my hands and I'll produce the book. I'm okay for time tables and track maps. I need photos, and lots of them. To produce any book in the series, I need to start with a minimum of 500 photos, all from the 1940s and 1950s. I'm not just talking about leads for pictures... I mean put them in my hands, either hard copy or digital.
Mr. Mitchell also requests a treatment of the Aylmer, Port Rowan and associated territory. Well, the Hamilton book will cover the section of Wabash line between Jarvis and Simcoe Junction, inasmuch as the mixed train from Hamilton traversed that portion of the line. Further, there will be heavy treatment of the towns of Simcoe, Port Rowan and Port Dover. Of course, Steam Through London covered Wabash traffic between Windsor and Glencoe, and Steam to the Niagara Frontier dealt with the same traffic between Welland Junction, Fort Erie and Niagara Falls. So we're dealing with the line in a piecemeal fashion.
As for a separate treatment on the Wabash, I'll make this standing offer: you Wabash guys put the photographic resources into my hands and I'll produce the book. I'm okay for time tables and track maps. I need photos, and lots of them. To produce any book in the series, I need to start with a minimum of 500 photos, all from the 1940s and 1950s. I'm not just talking about leads for pictures... I mean put them in my hands, either hard copy or digital.
posted by Ian Wilson at 5:55 PM
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