Marvin Clemons

 

Marvin Clemons has authored and self-published three books on railroad history, including Birmingham Rails: The Last Golden Era, co-authored with Lyle Key and its sequel, "Great Temple of Travel: A History of Birmingham Terminal Station." His early railroad career included employment in station operations with Southern Railway at Birmingham and Atlanta passenger terminals, and in traffic management with Missouri Pacific Railroad. He covered transportation for the Birmingham Post-Herald and served as a transportation officer in the U.S. Army. Together with Parker Lamb, Marvin co-founded the Mid-South Chapter of the Railway Locomotive & Historical Society in Leeds, Alabama, and helped develop educational exhibits at the Historic Leeds Depot. His love for black & white photography from the post-World War II “golden era” of streamlined passenger trains led to his most recent publication of "The Very Best of Colorized Railroad Photography," the first album of colorized photographs of Southeastern railroads masterfully produced by digital artist Tom Alderman portraying the dramatic transition from steam to early diesel motive power in the md-20th century.