tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:01:15 +0000http://www.canadianbranchline.com/weblog.htmian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)Blogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-7040408925366164509Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:10:00 +00002009-04-01T15:28:29.123-05:00For the past five months, I have been working ahead on the next volume, which will deal with the network of branchlines surrounding Lindsay, Ontario. We have prepared a print flyer which will be sent to all recent (past three years) direct order customers. You can also read about the book on our webpage.For folks going to the Lindsay model railway show this weekend, Charles Cooper has kindly http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2009/04/announcing-steam-memories-of-lindsay.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-6914635521443253035Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-12-17T07:57:38.101-05:00Today I will be interviewed by Eddie Matthews on 1240 CJCSradio in Stratford at 8:15 a.m. You can find the station and listen live here.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/12/stratford-radio-interview.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-7027243131928081502Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:05:00 +00002008-12-10T11:10:28.315-05:00I will be chatting with Christine Curtis on CFOS radio in Owen Sound at 12:40 p.m. today. You can listen to the interview through the station's "Listen Live" button, found here.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/12/owen-sound-radio-interview-today.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-4071842137762935004Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-12-09T08:48:56.863-05:00At 12:30 this afternoon, I will be chatting with John Biggs on Talk 820 radio in Hamilton. Three guesses as to which book John will want to discuss! Look for the "Listen Now" button on the Talk 820 web page here.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/12/hamilton-radio-interview-today.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-8484157070603841075Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:40:00 +00002008-12-06T07:43:29.287-05:00A quick reminder to folks in the Greater Toronto Area that I'll be doing a book signing at George's Trains on Mount Pleasant Road in Toronto. Mary-Jo and I will be at the table from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., so feel free to stop by. If you have any books which are not signed, the store advises that they would be more than happy for you to bring them in to be signed. Of course, there will be good http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/12/see-you-at-georges-trains-today.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-3285682260155617223Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:54:00 +00002008-12-04T09:03:44.498-05:00At 9:20 this morning (minutes from now!), I will be chatting with John Nichols on The Peak FM Collingwood. John will likely be especially interested in Steam Scenes of Allandale and the new Hamilton book . you can listen live here (look for the "Listen Live" button).http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/12/radio-interview-this-morning.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-7626642380529055985Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:15:00 +00002008-12-01T11:35:25.958-05:00Today, I will be doing the "Georgian Bay Today" show on CFOS AM radio in Owen Sound. The show broadcasts from noon until 1:00 PM, and I believe we are taping the interview at 1030 this morning. Christine Curtis is the host and you can listen here. It is likely that we will talk about the Palmerston book, and possibly one or both of the Allandale books, and there will of course be a mention of thehttp://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/12/interview-today-on-cfos-owen-sound.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-3152760646539313815Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:24:00 +00002008-11-27T18:26:24.700-05:00As part of a promotion to be announced on tonight's radio interview, we are waiving the shipping charges on any number of books ordered (North America only) for tonight only! If you need any of the titles, now is the time to go crazy on our book page!http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/11/free-shipping-tonight-only.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-8060978274931499862Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:59:00 +00002008-11-27T10:08:11.862-05:00Tonight I'll be chatting with Heli Cotnam on Let's Live it Up, broadcast live on CFRM 100.7 FM at 7:00 p.m. Eastern. The interview will be almost half an hour in length, allowing us to get into numerous subjects, with attention no doubt on Steam in Northern Ontario. The broadcast catchment is about half a million people radiating out from Sudbury. You can listen live here (be sure to check the "http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/11/radio-interview-tonight-and-feature.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-799808063158510472Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-11-25T15:40:14.316-05:00We are pleased to announce that Page & Turners book shop in Barrie has been added to our list of retailers. For you folks up north, The Bookcase in Dryden is now stocking Steam in Northern Ontario. In Hamilton, the Coles store in Jackson Square is stocking Steam Echoes of Hamilton.Over the next couple of weeks, we have scheduled numerous radio and television interviews about the Hamilton releasehttp://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/11/new-bookstores-and-media-attention.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-7558336738961197671Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:19:00 +00002008-11-20T09:22:41.925-05:00We have set up a book signing at the Chapters-Indigo outlet in Barrie for this Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. We'll bring along a full stock of all the titles, so if you are looking for a signed copy of any of the volumes, stop by! Directions to the store are here.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/11/hometown-book-signing-in-barrie-this.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-2110993225435349727Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:10:00 +00002008-11-18T16:21:46.564-05:00We are pleased to announce that Transport Books in Toronto is now carrying the full line of our titles. Also, the Chapters outlet in Barrie is selling the two Allandale titles. For those of you in Southern Ontario looking for a copy of the new Hamilton book or any of the previous seven volumes, several of our dealers are taking stock to the Christmas Train Show in Toronto this weekend.We have http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/11/two-new-dealers-and-book-signing.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-4676701721138003827Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:34:00 +00002008-11-05T06:42:44.210-05:00As planned, we took delivery of Steam Echoes of Hamilton on Monday, November 3. Packaging and shipping commenced immediately, and we managed to get a few dozen books in the system that day. Tuesday the 4th was our first big day, and we will continue to move as many as possible each day this week. All of the prepaid dealer packages and the vast majority of the prepaid individual books will be in http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/11/shipping-update.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-3808155283291481725Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:36:00 +00002008-10-31T03:40:17.764-05:00Steam Echoes of Hamilton is being finished at the bindery, and we will take delivery of the books on Monday, November 3. Shipping will commence the next day. There will be a whirlwind few days of getting all the pre-orders and dealer copies out. We will aim to have all of these in transit by about the middle of the following week. I will try to post daily updates as to shipping progress, http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/10/delivery-of-hamilton-books.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-60898632888764063Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:01:00 +00002008-10-17T08:06:52.516-05:00I did the final press checks for Steam Echoes of Hamilton at the printer yesterday. The finished sheets will go to the bindery next Tuesday, and we will likely have the books in our hands during the first week of November.Dust jackets and order forms have been mailed to local hobby shops and other dealers, so make sure that your outlet will be getting a supply in. Of course, you can also order http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/10/were-at-printer.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-1989948141953555249Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:56:00 +00002008-09-09T12:01:06.665-05:00The manuscript for Steam Echoes of Hamilton has been completed, aside from the introduction. I am in the process of cropping and sharpening pictures for publication, writing captions, doing the appendix, and a number of other such tasks. I had a conversation with the printer this morning, and we've arranged to have the book on the presses before (Canadian) Thanksgiving. We're aiming to have the http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/09/update-on-hamilton-book.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-4176589727198178179Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:39:00 +00002008-02-23T08:43:03.063-05:00For the twelfth straight year, we'll have a table this Sunday at the Copetown Train Show. You will be able to pick up a flyer for the upcoming Hamilton book, and purchase any of the other seven titles at a significant discount. Looking forward to re-connecting with loyal readers! For anyone attending the informal gathering at the hall tonight, I will be doing a talk entitled "Humourous tales of http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/02/see-you-at-copetown.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-3621644827254230495Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:29:00 +00002008-02-09T13:44:39.321-05:00In these cold, snowy days of early February, I am getting back to a little S scale modeling. My thoughts have rambled back to a Sunday morning five years ago (Feb. 2/03 to be exact), when I picked up the telephone to chat with my friend Andy Malette.On that Sunday morning, with the family out and some modeling time on my hands, I pondered the recent experience of building a couple of PRR GLa http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/02/hats-off-to-andy.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-2932718802539159425Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:05:00 +00002008-02-08T08:44:44.515-05:00I've spent the past few days re-designing our company web page (see a screen shot of a portion here). It incorporates actual CNR steam era colours and herald designs. I'd be pleased to hear any comments about the "new look" (click on "comments" icon below).http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/02/web-page-re-design.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-6217549596653245660Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:55:00 +00002008-02-06T18:40:29.524-05:00From 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. http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/02/about-that-wabash-line.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-1309620583741759723Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:38:00 +00002008-02-08T07:40:03.158-05:00Here is the cover for our eighth publication. This book is well underway, and will be released in November 2008. If you are on our mailing list, we will be sending you a copy of this flyer later this month. You may also pre-order this volume online or with our mail order form. As with previous publications, we'll mail out the books in the same order as the orders are received.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/02/steam-echoes-of-hamilton.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-8385133739558523828Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:34:00 +00002008-02-04T08:55:08.930-05:00Dave Dawson, who visited three weeks ago for a three-hour interview, has put together a neat biographical account of my ten-year career as an author and publisher here. This version has been printed in the Orillia newspaper; separate versions will appear in the Barrie, Collingwood and Midland papers shortly.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2008/01/newspaper-article-on-book-series.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-4791352969936032758Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:34:00 +00002007-12-17T12:50:06.032-05:00Business has been brisk since release of Steam Scenes of Allandale on August 21, 2007. We appreciate all the patronage from readers new and old. While stock of the most recent book, along with Steam at Allandale, Steam in Northern Ontario and Steam to the Niagara Frontier is solid, the inventory of three of our titles has been steadily evaporating. We have somewhere between 160 and 170 each of http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2007/12/book-availability-and-status-update.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-8942580217111808979Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:45:00 +00002007-08-17T06:47:33.283-05:00As of Aug. 17, printing is finished and the book is at the bindery. We will take delivery of the finished volumes on either Tues. Aug. 21 or Wed. Aug. 22, and distribution will commence on the following day. It will take us two weeks to process the orders which will be on hand at that time. This will be done on a first-in, first-out basis for individual and dealer orders.http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2007/08/status-of-steam-scenes-of-allandale.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501279.post-62072842204084435Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:23:00 +00002007-07-27T06:54:58.367-05:00Flyers are going on the mail as we speak. Here is the scoop:Companion volume to Steam at Allandale, the additional 375 images and 52 maps comprising the new Steam Scenes of Allandale complete the record of a network of CNR lines in the postwar steam era. This is not a pre-publication offer; the new book will be ready to ship about August 15! Keep your collection up to date by acting quickly to http://www.canadianbranchline.com/2007/07/steam-scenes-of-allandale.htmlian@canadianbranchline.com (Ian Wilson)1