This seriously attractive book is, in some ways, an Anglo-American (American author, British publisher) reply to the Australian Steam Trains in Your Garden to be found in the ‘Construction Manuals’ section although, this book doesn’t contain any building instructions for any locomotives. What it does do superbly well is to describe ‘Small scale steam locomotives and how they work’. Very slightly under half is devoted to the technicalities of small-scale steam - essentially 0 gauge to G scale, and all scales and gauges in-between. Covered in this first 100 pages is everything from cylinders to firing methods, valve gears to boilers, and much, much more. The second 100 pages have descriptions of around 80 models mainly, but not exclusively, commercially built. If you are already interested in small-scale steam, or considering it, you will find this book both informative and enjoyable. 208 exceptionally well presented pages, heaving with all colour illustrations. Hardbound. Atlantic Publishers