[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
(perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers
Did it follow this route?
http://long-lines.net/places-routes/maps/MW6003.jpg
Tim
On 7/14/18 8:41 AM, Andy Ringsmuth wrote:
>
>
>> On Jul 14, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Brian Kantor <Brian at ampr.org> wrote:
>>
>>>> I find myself driving down Route 66. On our way through Arizona, I was surprised by what look like a lot of old-style microwave links. They pretty much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect there's a lot of fiber buried.
>>
>> Could they be a legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications,
>> now known under the acronym SPRINT?
>> - Brian
>>
>
> Not along Route 66 in Arizona. That generally parallels BNSF Railway, formerly the Santa Fe down there. Southern Pacific followed Interstate 10 much further south.
>
>
> ----
> Andy Ringsmuth
> andy at newslink.com
> News Link â?? Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities
> 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158
> (402) 475-6397 (402) 304-0083 cellular
>