{"id":675,"date":"2013-04-24T11:32:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/thisisus\/?p=675"},"modified":"2013-04-24T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T18:32:26","slug":"historic-rail-line-opens-in-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/thisisus\/2013\/04\/24\/historic-rail-line-opens-in-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Rail Line Opens in Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZgcHT7CuMbs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis week we are in Santa Cruz aboard Iowa Pacific for a ride on the newly re-opened 32-mile Branch Rail Line in Santa Cruz County. <\/p>\n<p>This is the most recent train to rumble through the central coast but certainly not the first. Today we\u2019re going to learn a bit about local railroad history, from Sandy Lydon. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also meet, Richard Hatfield, a different kind of engineer &#8211; one who\u2019s battery powered motorcycle has set new world record; Jill Alexander, a Santa Cruz woman who is the only U.S. designer to be invited to U. K. Fashion Week and Laura Stachel, a local doctor saving lives around the world with her solar power plant \u2026 that fits into a suitcase.<br \/>\nEp.502<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are in Santa Cruz aboard Iowa Pacific for a ride on the newly re-opened 32-mile Branch Rail Line in Santa Cruz County. This is the most recent train to rumble through the central coast but certainly not the first. 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