SPCS Fiber Optics Train

Southern Pacific Construction Services
Fiber Optics Train

On the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad
July, 1997

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Southern Pacific Construction Services ran their fiber optics cable laying train through the Rogue Valley during the summer of 1997. The train pictured here was used to lay most, but not all of the cable.

In some places the substrate was too rocky for the cable to be plowed in and a small armada of backhoes was used to dig in the cables. (Regretably, I have no pictures of the backhoes working, though they were often seen around the Valley.)

In spite of locating underground utilities and signal wires, much was torn up as this train plowed its way up the line.

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	No photo of 60' box car still in SP Hydracushion paint but lettered and numbered for SPCS

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This consist built on May 15, 1999
And last switched on December 2, 2000