{"id":32905,"date":"2022-02-24T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=32905"},"modified":"2022-02-22T21:27:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T02:27:23","slug":"will-we-ever-see-this-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/will-we-ever-see-this-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Will We Ever See This Again?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In May 2000, an Irish Rail train consisting of six 2700-series railcars approaches Newbridge, Co. 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