{"id":262,"date":"2011-04-21T14:04:42","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T22:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/?p=262"},"modified":"2011-04-21T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T22:06:35","slug":"picturesque-trestle-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/picturesque-trestle-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Picturesque Trestle Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike Europe and Asia, the United States allowed it&#8217;s vast, once dominant, train infrastructure to decay into obscurity.\u00a0 Driving along Highway 75, in northern Illinois&#8211;a route pioneered by train tracks&#8211;I caught this sublime and hidden scene out of the corner of my eye.\u00a0 Here is a momentary glimpse into the merciful, yet unrelenting way nature reclaims what once took such an enormous effort, by man, to build.\u00a0 Thanks to my mom for having to awkwardly pull the car over on such a treacherous part of the highway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_263\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263 \" title=\"&lt;KENOX S730  \/ Samsung S730&gt;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353-400x251.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trestle Ruins<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-264\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S730  \/ Samsung S730&gt;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353_1.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/S7300353_1-400x324.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-265\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S730  \/ Samsung S730&gt;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle_1.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle_1-266x400.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266\" title=\"&lt;KENOX S730  \/ Samsung S730&gt;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.josephroling.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/trestle-400x252.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike Europe and Asia, the United States allowed it&#8217;s vast, once dominant, train infrastructure to decay into obscurity.\u00a0 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