{"id":40900,"date":"2025-01-04T06:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=40900"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T02:26:36","slug":"very-short-freight-at-limerock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/very-short-freight-at-limerock\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Short Freight at Limerock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The other day, I posted some photos that I&#8217;d made of a two-unit, two-car freight passing Limerock on its way from Lancaster to Lititz, Pa. My success, led me to try again. 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