Came home today with more insulators then I have in quite awhile. All the following insulators came from three standing poles. Two of those poles were in an area where the majority have been cut down many, many years back. I had been there before and recently I thought about finding them and seeing if there were any worth taking. The problem was, I have been to so many locations in the past that I forgot where these few poles were. Anyhow, yesterday I went on a six mile and lo and behold. There they were!! The poles were too high for me to return home yesterday with what was awaiting on their cross arms. Today I went back with my latters on the truck. Even asked for permission to use the service road. That permission was given from a railroad employee (nice guy)who was supervising the rebuilding of an embankment at the entrance of the service road. Below is a list of the insulator catch of the day for me. The answer is also there for a question I asked earlier today at the Embossing Error section of this web site. The list is from left to right in the pic followed by a very brief note if I deem nessisary. Sorry to all you folks in Icon land who don't like to read. It wasn't my intention here to write a book (I'll leave that up to Lee).

1. 4 CD 152 Patented Hemingray No. 40's

Note: They all have the same embossing as the one I uploaded yesterday. So that answers my question about how common are these. May be they are not other places. Where I am there are those I found and about a dozen or more I left way up high)

2. 1 CD 163.4 Whithal Tatum #4

( I have a number 4 in my collection, but this one has a larger dome)

3. Brookfield B&O CD 136

Note: This is the only one that didn't come from the lost poles I mentioned above. A pole with a story of it's own. I walked past it a number of times in the past. Never once saw the B&O. More then likely that was because there was a house right there with caged dogs who would always bark when I was nearby. Now here is where this story gets good. I was a bit nervous about going for it but figured I'd be quick and gone quicker. Figured I'd work fast before the dogs gave me too much unwanted attention. So now picture this. I'm caring a sixteen foot latter and trying to be as quite as can be when I was aproaching the spot. It was my lucky day. No sooner then I was getting close a train started to go (on a slower side rail) by and created a lot of cover noice for me. (of course I hid for a moment so the engineer wouldn't see me with the latter). Figuring that the dogs wouldn't hear me I ran with my latter and threw it against the pole. I was up the pole and had the insulator in my pocket before the dogs even knew I was there. They pretty much only started barking as I was coming back down the latter.

4. CD 145 B (a common insulator loaded with bubbles)

5. CD 147 (loaded with amber swirl, also while cleaning I notice there is an embossing error on this insulator. That being an extra underscore beneath the underscore under the th of OCT. 8th 1907.)

6. 3 CD 162 Broofield/ New York

Note: All three a aqua with a great amount of amber swirls. One so much, I thought it was a green from earth.

7. 1 CD 162.1 Brookfield/New York

Note: Same as the note of number three.

8. 1 CD 162.3 Brookfield/New York

Note: This one has a milky appearance with snot and junk also. Can't wait to see it clean. I'll be posting all these after they have had their bathes.