{"id":103712,"date":"2019-06-14T10:05:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103712"},"modified":"2019-06-14T10:05:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:05:09","slug":"john-taibi-presents-new-book-at-opl-june-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=103712","title":{"rendered":"John Taibi presents new book at OPL June 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Taibi\u2019s new book \u201cSilver Rails through the Heart of the Park: New York Central Railroad\u2019s Adirondack Division\u201d will be available for sale this summer from the New York Central System Historical Society. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

That notable chronicler of Upstate railroads, John Taibi,\nreturns to Oneida Public Library Thursday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. to present the\ndefinitive history of the New York Central\u2019s Adirondack Division, the subject\nof his latest book \u201cSilver Rails through the Heart of the Park\u201d to be published\nin July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book celebrates over 800 pages with 1,720 photographs the\noperation of the now defunct Central\u2019s Adirondack Division as well as portions\nof the Ogdensburg and Ottawa Divisions. The book includes histories of the\ntowns, industries and people that the railroads served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Central bought up existing Adirondack lines in the\n1890s and expanded them, even to the extent of running trains between Utica\nthrough Old Forge, Lake Placid and Malone on to Montreal. \u201cBy the 1920s the Adirondack Division had 10 passenger trains a\nday, five up and five down, and on Friday afternoons during the summer months a\nsleeper left Grand Central with through service to Lake Placid,\u201d according to\nthe New York Central System Historical Society\u2019s web site (www.nycshs.org<\/a>).\nPassenger service ended in 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Central\u2019s Adirondack Division, covering Oneida County and\nfive other counties, was declared a National Historic District in 1993, with 23\nbuildings and other structures extent. In 1992, private investors revived part\nof the defunct line as the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, now running out of\nUtica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taibi, a popular speaker at the OPL and other venues, is the\nauthor of \u201cWhen the Railroads Went to the Beach\u201d; \u201cA Ride through the\nCountryside: On the Syracuse and Chenango Valley Railroad\u201d; \u201cRemembering the\nNew York, Ontario and Western Railway\u201d; \u201cRails along the Oriskany\u201d; \u201cThe Oneida\nRailway Company: From Horsecars to Interurbans\u201d; and \u201cRoads, Rivers, and Rails:\nThe Delaware and Hudson\u2019s Susquehanna Division Heritage Trail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St.,\nor call 315-363-3050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That notable chronicler of Upstate railroads, John Taibi, returns to Oneida Public Library Thursday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. to present the definitive history of the New York Central\u2019s Adirondack Division, the subject of his latest book \u201cSilver Rails through the Heart of the Park\u201d to be published in July. The book celebrates over 800 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-qYM","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/TaibiSilverRailsCover5.2019.jpg?fit=1000%2C772&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}