BREAKING NEWS!
We have a sell-out!

As of Monday, June 2nd, the limited edition of "Birmingham Rails" has sold out and is no longer available through our website or dealer order. No second printing is anticipated, though a limited number of author's copies may eventually be made available through Amazon.com and Ebay.

We wish to thank all of our customers, both here and abroad, for contributing to the book's unprecedented success. Since its release on August 11, 2007, a total of 1,800 copies of "Birmingham Rails" have been sold throughout North America, and as far away as Great Britain, Germany, and Austrailia.

A multimedia sequel featuring the authors' movies, additional unpublished photos and personal recollections is planned for future release by Marvin Clemons and Red Mountain Productions. Please register here if you'd like to be notified when the DVD is available.

Reviews in the News
"Birmingham Rails" wins top review from Trains 
 
(February 1, 2008) - Trains Magazine, the most widely circulated railfan publication in North America, has selected "Birmingham Rails" as "Recommended Reading" in the March issue of the magazine's book review section. To read the review, please click on here.


"Birmingham Rails" wins accolades from rail press and historial societies
 
(September 1, 2007) -- Members of the railfan press and historical preservation community are praising  "Birmingham Rails." Following are a few exerpts from several early reviews the book has received:

"Marvin Clemons and Lyle Key have done a marvelous job of crafting the ultimate pictorial story of Birmingham rail history. Their efforts take the story from earliest times to the modern era. Of all Southern cities to have had so many railroads and such an extensive network of lines, Birmingham deserves to have a volume of distinction like this one."  -- Jim Wrinn, Editor, Trains Magazine

"This book is a must for the thousands of Southern rail enthusiasts who, like me, were lured at an early age to Alabama's 'Magic City.' Both visually and verbally, this volume is destined to become the premier reference source regarding what non-Southerners have often called the 'Pittsburgh of the South'." --  J. Parker Lamb, President, Railway & Locomotive Historical Society

"Much of Birmingham's colorful railroad history would have been lost if not for this book. The authors bring to life an era when steel mills, steam, and early diesels made Birmingham go." -- Don Phillips, Railroad and Aviation Journalist

"Birmingham Rails" is the first publication devoted exclusively to pictorial coverage of the Birmingham railroad district in the mid-20th century. Co-authors Marvin Clemons and Lyle Key both grew up in Birmingham during the railroads' "last golden era" after World War II, and their collaboration provides a detailed and colorful account of Birmingham railroads over three decades culminating with the coming of Amtrak in the early 1970's.