{"id":18845,"date":"2017-07-06T05:26:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T09:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=18845"},"modified":"2017-07-05T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:34:30","slug":"august-2017-trains-magazine-features-my-latest-opinion-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/august-2017-trains-magazine-features-my-latest-opinion-column\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2017 TRAINS Magazine features my latest Opinion Column"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out pages 16-17 of the August 2017 Trains Magazine. I take a look at Italian Railways. Notice that the Italian State Railways ridership is nearly 20 times that of Amtrak! And they are aiming to grow their business and market share through massive investment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18844\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/august-2017-trains-magazine-features-my-latest-opinion-column\/brian_solomon_53601586\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601586.jpg?fit=1072%2C575\" data-orig-size=\"1072,575\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\u00a9Brian_Solomon_53601586\" 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I take a look at Italian Railways. Notice that the Italian State Railways ridership is nearly 20 times that of Amtrak! And they are aiming to grow their business and market share through massive investment. 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