{"id":26979,"date":"2019-05-28T14:41:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=26979"},"modified":"2019-05-28T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:07:17","slug":"the-challenges-and-lessons-of-main-line-steam-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/the-challenges-and-lessons-of-main-line-steam-july-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenges and Lessons of Main Line Steam\u2014July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My author&#8217;s advance copy of July 2019 Trains Magazine just arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"228\" data-attachment-id=\"26985\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/the-challenges-and-lessons-of-main-line-steam-july-2019\/brian_solomon_538880-2\/\" 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