Steam & Excursion > The Presale Notice For Our "Timber Titans" Book Is Now Here!

As promised here is the pre-sale notice for our book.  The book will be back from the printer early next year. 

https://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/ttba?_pos=1&_sid=0652a3e31&_ss=r

Martin



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/20 04:41 by LoggerHogger.

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Hearty congratulations, Martin!  I'm sure it will be well received.  The painting on the dust jacket looks fabulous.  Who did it?

-John

Thanks.  We had Gil Bennett do the cover painting.  We were very pleased how it came out.

Martin

Unfortunately, as of 2 PM it's not yet appearing on the WRP website to be able to partner it with another book to take advantage of the free shipping offer which ends at midnight.

EDIT:  I just talked to WRP to place the order by phone and learned that Timber Titans will not be available to order until mid- to late-December.  The lady answering the phone said that there had already been many callers today asking to place an order.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/20 14:17 by Jim700.

Jim700 Wrote:
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> Unfortunately, as of 2 PM it's not yet appearing
> on the WRP website to be able to partner it with
> another book to take advantage of the free
> shipping offer which ends at midnight.
>
> EDIT:  I just talked to WRP to place the order by
> phone and learned that Timber Titans will not be
> available to order until mid- to late-December. 
> The lady answering the phone said that there had
> already been many callers today asking to place an
> order.

I just got off the phone with them and the same answer.  Martin is their best salesman!

How about Vol. 2: "Timber Dwarfs, Wyco.'s GE 70-Tonners on the Mohawk Rocket"?  



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/20 23:34 by RRBaron.

Preordered!

John Meixel
Longmont, CO

Ditto!

Mary McPherson
Dongola, IL
Diverging Clear Productions

How are the photo's layed out on the pages? Many small photo's crammed onto each page or large format to see the detail in the photos?

Posted from Android

Looks good, but I'm just curious - since it's a book of photographs and given your audience, why the choice to put a painting on the dust jacket?

Bob



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/20 03:29 by bob01566.

bob01566 Wrote:
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> Looks good, but I'm just curious - since it's a
> book of photographs and given your audience, why
> the choice to put a painting on the dust jacket?
>
> Bob

First, this is not simply a "book of photographs".  We have many many pages of text and Baldwin records to describe the evolution of these locomotives and the features they possess to make them unique.  For each of the locomoitves we have a detailed history of the locomotive and it operating career along with that locomotive's specifications and other data unique to it.

We chose a painting for the cover to create a specific scene with a specific locomotive that is not available in any color photos.  The cover shows Weyerhaeuser Timber #110 in her factory green paint early in her career.  We cover the fact in the book that all of these locomotives came painted green as we depicted in the cover painting.  This is just one of the unique features about these locomotives that people who buy the book will learn.

• Table of Contents:
• Marketing Department
• The Competition
• Exported Cousins
• The Timber Titans
• Mechanical Minutia
• Paint and Style
• Titan Tabulation
• Titan Territory

Martin



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Got it ordered thanks much Martin for the update. Boyd in Chiloquin

Pre-ordered! Martin, I learned a lot from your "preview" article in the January issue of Trains, and am looking forward to more amazing information and photos. Thank you for the heads-up on the pre-order. 

Wow - congratulations!  And thanks for ansering my question about the front
cover before I even had a chance to ask!  Looking forward to grabbing a copy.
I feel like it will bring back great memories - even if they were all formed over
the last 10 years, lol.

/Mitch

the presale flyer was included as an attachment with our December Trainmaster newsletter just sent out to some 350 Pacific NW Chapter, NRHS readers.   thanks Martin for the excellent timing for our Santa wish lists.......Arlen

asheldrake Wrote:
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> the presale flyer was included as an attachment
> with our December Trainmaster newsletter just sent
> out to some 350 Pacific NW Chapter, NRHS
> readers.   thanks Martin for the excellent
> timing for our Santa wish lists.......Arlen

Thanks Arlen!

Martin

 Ordered my copy yesterday.

 Malcolm
New Zealand.