Shortly after publishing Steam to the Niagara Frontier in September 2004, I began work on Steam Echoes of Hamilton. However, in the early stages of that project, my late friend Harold Morrison invited me to accompany him to the site of a tragic head-on wreck in 1952. This occurred near Hydro Glen on the Bala Subdivision mainline of the Northern Ontario District, north of Washago.

That field trip re-ignited (or should I say stoked the flames) of my passion for the CNR's NOD which had produced Steam at Allandale in 1998. I then took an exploratory trip to Capreol to visit my friends at the railway museum there, and see what they had in the way of research material. Homebound bound during the first snows of November 2004, I thereby decided to set the Hamilton book aside for the moment and plunge into the book which would become Steam in Northern Ontario.

I invite you to watch this short video trailer, which provides an overview for this sixth book wrote:

Introducing Steam in Northern Ontario

Our video trailer (above) offers a teaser on the scope of Steam in Northern Ontario.

Now, as a thank-you for having read this message, I offer you a chance to purchase Steam in Northern Ontario at the original all-inclusive pre-publication price of $69.95 CAD to Canada or $69.95 USD to the United States or overseas (a savings of at least 20% in each case). Click here to request that I send you a custom PayPal invoice at the special price. Alternatively, Canadian readers may remit funds by e-transfer to ian@ianwilsonauthor.com for the special price.

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