Worldwide
LAMBERT, Anthony
Living Steam
Large format book on surviving steam across the world. Chapters cover each railway, accompanied by maps and fine colour photographs.
LANGHAMMER, Eric
Vanishing Steam - A Photographer's Odyssey Around the World
Fine photography of the final years of steam from around the world.
LAPAGE, R. Herbert
On Compound Locomotives
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, January 1889
1889 ICME article by Lepage, who had been Locomotive Superintendent of the Argentine Government Railways. In 1886 he designed the first compound goods locomotive in Great Britain which was tested by the Caledonian Railway.
LAWS, Bill
Fifty Railways that Changed the Course of History
Fifty historically significant railways from across the world, presented chronologically from the Merthyr Tydfil Railway in 1804 to the Channel Tunnel in 2007.
LEGG, Stuart (ed.)
The Railway Book
An Anthology
Anthology of railway writing from the UK and worldwide, both reporting and fiction.
LORIE, Peter & GARRATT, Colin
Iron Horse
Steam Trains of the World / Stoomtreinen uit heel de Wereld
LOVEGROVE, Keith
Railway Identity, Design and Culture
Worldwide railway travel experience, including designs of exteriors and interiors, staff uniforms, food, corporate identity and graphics. Fine photographs, ephemera and detail throughout, supporting text.
