the bnsf microwave is primarily for the monitoring, positive train control in particular. my buddy is a foreman on one of those tower crews, its a lucrative place to work btw
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 1:11 PM, George Skorup <[email protected]> wrote: > BNSF has a ton of their own fiber in their ROWs, yet they're still doing > microwave PTP. No idea why. Maybe it's for a different system or backup. > > > On 11/3/2016 12:51 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > And yet they are proposing to build a new railroad through a bunch of > farmland. > > http://www.greatlakesbasin.net/ > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Thursday, November 3, 2016 12:37 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Well this caught me by surprise. > > > > There are unused railroad ROW's around here that allegedly matter. The > railroad might not control them anymore....some of them here ended up in > the hands of muni's who used them to make hiking trails and what-not. > > > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: 11/3/2016 1:34:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Well this caught me by surprise. > > > > I wonder if when they pull up tracks, they can still maintain the fiber on > the ROW?� Drove through Colorado/Nebraska a few weeks ago and followed > the old CRI&P ROW for a while.� Every 10 or 20 miles there's a little > town like like 50 people in it.� > > On 11/3/2016 12:19 PM, Tyler Treat wrote: > > Yep. I mean I certainly get it, just didn't expect it. � > > ___________________________ > > Mangled by my iPhone. > > ___________________________ > > Tyler Treat > > Corn Belt Technologies, Inc.� > > > > [email protected] > > ___________________________ > > > > > On Nov 3, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven't heard of them, but I guess it makes sense.� Don't they have > fiber laid on most of their ROW next to the tracks.� And they go through > many many small towns.� > > On 11/3/2016 12:01 PM, Tyler Treat wrote: > > Saw this on Facebook. Since when did UP WISP? > > > https://up.jobs/job/opening/Breeze%20Broadband%20Communications%20Year% > 20Round%20Intern/Omaha/NE/080686?jsl=26108143 > > > > > > ___________________________ > > Mangled by my iPhone. > > ___________________________ > > Tyler Treat > > Corn Belt Technologies, Inc.� > > > > [email protected] > > ___________________________ > > > > > > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
