Picked up this piece of the rock from along the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, in front of the Buena Vista Department of Corrections. The lines in front of the prison had remained untouched until last summer when scrapers working under a federal beautification grant pulled down the lines. Initially the crew was surrounded by guards and guns until they checked their permit. After the guards left me and a friend went through the piles of insulators and found this Brookfield CD 126.3[040]. It appears to be a recycled piece from an older line.

Below is a web site with pictures of the area before the poles came down

http://chaffeecounty.net/walk/day3/buenavista-nathrop.htm

WARNING to all Colorado collectors regarding the railroad tracks between Leadville and Salida. The scrap crews who took down the lines left a lot of insulators laying around the tracks and all the "Barney Fifes" in the area are arresting/fining people for trespassing when they go to pick up an insulator. Very odd when you consider the tracks have not been used in 10+ years.