This recently published book about building a Garden Scale Steam Locomotive is available from Amazon Books Canada.
http://www.amazon.ca/Building-Small-Steam-Locomotives-Practical/dp/184797029X
Building Small Steam Locomotives – A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gauges
Author Peter Jones
If you have an ambition to build a small live steam locomotive, but are daunted by the skills required, then this book is for you. Written in his clear and encouraging style, Peter Jones demystifies the whole process for those with little or no previous experience.
Contents include:· An explanation of terms· Basic metalworking processes· Step-by-step project guides· Machining· Boilermaking· Painting and finishing
Fully illustrated throughout with colour photographs and drawings, and including appendices of suppliers and societies, this is an invaluable work for the railway modeller.
