{"id":52,"date":"2025-05-08T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americantrainz.com\/socmrrc\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:37:15","slug":"layout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/americantrainz.com\/socmrrc\/layout\/","title":{"rendered":"Layout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-background-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6cc69d90 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-top-width:1px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.645), 1.5rem);\">Layout<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull wp-duotone-foreground-and-background\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--foreground);border-top-width:1px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-122 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/americantrainz.com\/socmrrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20240310_175819946.MP_-771x1024.jpg\" style=\"object-position:56% 59%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"56% 59%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/americantrainz.com\/socmrrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20240310_175819946.MP_-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/americantrainz.com\/socmrrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20240310_175819946.MP_-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/americantrainz.com\/socmrrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20240310_175819946.MP_-768x1020.jpg 768w, 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