{"id":28888,"date":"2020-03-31T09:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=28888"},"modified":"2020-03-31T09:35:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T13:35:25","slug":"may-trains-features-conway-scenic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/may-trains-features-conway-scenic\/","title":{"rendered":"May TRAINS Features Conway Scenic."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28890\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/may-trains-features-conway-scenic\/trains-magazine-cover-may-2020_582977\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?fit=1863%2C2133\" data-orig-size=\"1863,2133\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?resize=474%2C543\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28890\" width=\"474\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?w=1863 1863w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?resize=619%2C709 619w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?resize=893%2C1022 893w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?resize=131%2C150 131w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?resize=1342%2C1536 1342w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?resize=1789%2C2048 1789w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Trains-Magazine-Cover-May-2020_582977.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>May 2020 Trains Cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My epic 8-page article on the Conway Scenic Railroad appears in the May 2020 Trains Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Months of research and personal experience contributed to my writing and illustrating this feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It  was my hope to distill the railroad\u2019s history, operations and spirit into these 8 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, the magazine arrived the week following the railroad entering its unplanned period of dormancy owing to the on-going COVID-19 crisis and New Hampshire\u2019s mandates in reaction to the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The photo below shows the waiting room on Friday afternoon with the first of several coats of fresh polyurethane in anticipation of the 2020 operating season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28891\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/may-trains-features-conway-scenic\/north_conway_station_waiting_room_floor_varnished_dscf9632\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/North_Conway_Station_waiting_room_floor_varnished_DSCF9632-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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