A Passion for Steam uses a significant portion of the Horovitz steam-locomotive collection to provide a photographic panorama of garden-size steam locomotion in all scales, complete with a brief biography and technical details of each model.

This book not only traces the post-war development of commercial small-scale steam but also provides a full and accessible explanation of just how the various types of model actually function.

To this end the first section of this authoritative work uses accurate and colourful CAD diagrams that, together with pertinent photography and informed text, provides information in a way that is not only very accessible for the new live steamer but a work of reference that will find a place in every hobbyist’s bookcase.

The comprehensive gallery section of this inspirational book will be read and reread, not just for the information that it contains, but also for the sheer sensual pleasure of enjoying so many delightfully photographed steam locomotives. --from Atlantic Publishers