I thought it might be interesting to compare the two CD 729 insulators which were found on the Northern Central Railroad in the New Freedom, PA area. These two insulators include: CD-729 No Embossing - MLOD / Button ...

In 1975 I completed graduate school (University of Iowa), found a job, and moved to Haverford, Pennsylvania. I previously reported that my mother found an orange amber CD 729 and two CD 732 threadless insulators on ...

In November 1973, my parents visited my grandparents in PA. During the week they were there, my mother took daily walks on the Northern Central railroad track. On one of her walks, my mother found two CD 732 threadless ...

In November 1973, my parents visited my grandparents in PA. During the week they were there, my mother took daily walks on the Northern Central railroad track. On one of her walks, my mother found two CD 732 threadless ...

My grandparents (on my dads side) lived South of New Freedom, PA very close to the Pennsylvania - Maryland historic Mason & Dixon line in York Co. PA. In late June 1972, Hurricane Agnes hit this area and intense ...

The details on this insulator are as follows: CD-162.5 B on the skirt - P.L.W. on the top of the dome - 3 piece mold - Deep Teal Blue Green - Measures 83 mm wide x 104 mm tall. This picture of shows the CD 162.5 ...

My wife and I were born and raised in Iowa. After spending six years in the US Air Force and completing graduate school at the University of Iowa, we moved from Iowa City, Iowa to Haverford, PA in 1975. In 1988 before ...

The following picture compares the PA found CD 133.2 No Embossing with a CD 133.2 No Embossing insulator that I received in trade with a collector in Canada (Insulator was found in South Eastern Canada). Details on the ...

I finally found the box that my green CD 133.2 P&W was stored in. I found this insulator in 1977 on the Pennsylvania Railroad which is now CONRAIL railroad - probably Pennsylvania Western at the time this insulator ...

This unembossed CD 133.4 in a fantastic blue color is a beauty. It has the mold line over the dome. This seldom offered top shelf insulator is in outstanding condition. The only flaw is a small, shallow ding on the top ...

This CD 230 is carrying a bunch of embossing. A small 0-4 over HEMINGRAY over MADE IN U. S. A. and on the reverse a small 1 over D-512. I see some yellow in the olive amber color but that might be very common. There is ...

Looking for an insulator that will stand out from all the rest? Take a look at this beautiful deep yellow CD 128 HEMINGRAY C.S.A. They show up on ICON for sale at about 5 year intervals. Last one was posted for sale in ...

Take the remaining four for $40 plus actual postage! -- $10 each! CD 143 CANADIAN. PACIFIC. RY. CO {MLOD} -- light green with a nice bubble -- VNM CD 143 CANADIAN PACIFIC (backwards C) RY CO -- MLOD -- VNM CD ...

Hi everyone! I am hopeful to find the following piece(s) for purchase or possible trade. No Name [005] in Aqua [015] Cross // II in Yellow Green [010] Cross // Blot out in Aqua and Green Aqua [017] Dot on crown / ...

Beautiful red amber see thru color with the transition new script embossing. Neat squatty stature. Damage report is two nicked drips and two chipped drips. It has three razor thin flakes on the upper wire ridge and a ...

On the left is EIN [005] (F‑Skirt) R. GOOD JR./DENVER, COLO. (R‑Skirt) 16 SB in Light Aqua. Condition is excellent with only a couple of tiny pecks on the wire ridges and a dome ding above the right ...

CD 214 NACIONALES // TELEGRAFOS -- super long round drip points as well as cool glass extruded at the base mold line! nice orange amber -- insulator is in great shape with the only chipping being on the sharp extruded ...

CD 162 H.G.Co. / PATENT MAY 2 1893 // PETTICOAT (transition script) -- SDP -- great deep red amber maybe heading oxblood! inside skirt chip on the back and about 8 drips partially chipped -- $395 plus actual ...

This picture compares a CD 132.2 Paisley Style with a CD 133.2 P&W insulator both found on different section of the Pennsylvania Railroad north west and west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Details on these two ...

This post shows the top of the CD 132.2 insulator. This insulator has a weakly embossed script 2 on the top which is hard to see. I've attempted to adjust the lighting, but this is the best picture I was able to ...

The following post details a CD 132.2 Paisley style insulator found in 1976 on the old Pennsylvania Railroad now CONRAIL in York Co. Pennsylvania. In my early years, I liked to fly fish the Juniata River in north ...

Here is a very pretty pony from north of the border. EIN [050] unlisted lavender with purple swirls in the dome. The insulator has a long shallow base flake taking up almost 1/3 of the base but will glow on any shelf ...

... blue aqua milky Petticoat beehive (B) molds were found along the Pennsy Chicago mainline between Fort Wayne and Warsaw, IN. This one was just ...

CD 133 [260] (F‑Crown) [7]/(Arc)CAUVET'S/PAT/JULY 25, 1865 (F‑Skirt) W. BROOKFIELD/NO 55 FULTON ST (R‑Skirt) [Large '7'] {MLOD} SB This is the sharpest and cleanest embossing I have ever ...

Insulators as follows -- actual postage additional CD 143 CANADIAN PACIFIC RY CO // "standard blotted out" -- Royal purple -- VNM -- $85 (SOLD) CD 143 CANADIAN. PACIFIC. RY. CO {MLOD} -- light green with ...