{"id":31466,"date":"2021-06-25T07:10:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T11:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31466"},"modified":"2021-06-25T07:10:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T11:10:25","slug":"first-2021-mountaineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/first-2021-mountaineer\/","title":{"rendered":"First 2021 Mountaineer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last Saturday, June 19th, Kris &amp; I met the first Conway Scenic Railroad <em>Mountaineer<\/em> of the 2021 season at Crawford Notch, NH on the former Maine Central Mountain Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spoke with the crew and arranged to make photos from the sunny side of the tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days later, I posted some of these to the Conway Scenic Facebook page, which is among my jobs as Manager of Marketing &amp; Events for the railroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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