Welcome to the blog of Ian Wilson, author of the award-winning books on 1950s Canadian steam railway operations.
I thought you’d be interested in an update on progress toward publication of my next 192-page hardcover entitled Speed Graphics and Steam 1957!
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Hello, Branchliners, this is Spencer Wilson—Ian’s elder son and one-third of the Canadian Branchline shipping department...
Some 22 years ago this autumn, I ventured up the CNR’s Owen Sound Subdivision, camera in hand...
I’ve selected pictures at random from among the 300 which will appear in Speed Graphics and Steam 1957!
In just the past two days, we’ve heard from dozens of “old friends”—those readers who have been with us for years...
Ian blogs on roughly a weekly basis. The posts are similar to his email broadcasts, but you're better off to receive those (sign up in the opt-box wherever you see it on the site)!
