TY - BOOK AU - Hand,Victor AU - Burton,Wendy TI - A steam odyssey: the railroad photographs of Victor Hand SN - 9780393084313 (hardcover) U1 - 625.261 23 PY - 2013///] CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Hand, Victor. KW - Steam locomotives KW - Railroads KW - Pictorial works KW - Photography of railroads N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. Unlike previous volumes among Norton's celebrated publications on railway photography, Steam Odyssey has an international bent: Victor Hand has taken photographs in more than fifty countries over the past fifty-five years. These photographs present his best work from around the world and show what a compelling subject the railway is. An introduction by well-known transport reporter and columnist Don Phillips explains how Hand became interested in railways and how his approach to the subject developed; extended captions provide historical context. The book includes an afterword by rail and photography historian Jeff Brouws ER -