{"id":29195,"date":"2020-05-27T08:09:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=29195"},"modified":"2020-05-27T08:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:09:13","slug":"conversation-with-mike-lacey-is-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/conversation-with-mike-lacey-is-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversation with Mike Lacey\u2014is Now Live!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last summer I interviewed career railroader Mike Lacey on his experiences working for Erie Lackawanna and Conrail as part of my &#8216;Conversations with Brian Solomon&#8217; podcasts with Trains Magazine. This is episode 39 in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike is a fifth generation railroader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to my Trains interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conversations with Brian Solomon, Episode 39 by Trains Magazine\" width=\"474\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F825785773&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=474&#038;maxheight=711&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Brian Solomon as pictured by Colm O&#8217;Callaghan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have the pleasure of learning from Mike, who is now the Road Foreman of Engines and Train Master at Conway Scenic Railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made these photos in the last week of Mike in the cab 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