{"id":44064,"date":"2026-04-23T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=44064"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T02:27:08","slug":"nw-station-roanoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/nw-station-roanoke\/","title":{"rendered":"N&#038;W Station Roanoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The former Norfolk &amp; Western station in Roanoke, Virginia, is now the O. 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