Re: (perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers

[Andy Ringsmuth <Andy () newslink com>]

> On Jul 14, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Brian Kantor <Brian () 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.


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