This famous book first appeared in 1929 and established LBSC in the forefront of miniature steam locomotive designs for all time. It was later reprinted under the title of a "The Live Steam Book". It then reappeared again as "Shop, Shed and Road" with added chapters from "Curly's" later writings, with the diagrams completely redrawn and with a new set of plates illustrating most of the locomotives that he built over the years. Covers many aspects of locomotive building and this latest reprint, some 75 years after it was first published is, in a way, a tribute to a great and much-respected designer.