tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post9171120947037934468..comments2024-03-15T02:44:55.796-07:00Comments on Recumbent Conspiracy Theorist: Insulators in the Wildrecumbent conspiracy theoristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06534820082655384780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post-29585409583694621982020-07-30T09:18:35.903-07:002020-07-30T09:18:35.903-07:00I live near an abandoned l&n line in southern ...I live near an abandoned l&n line in southern Illinois and I always hunt insulators there however I have come back with nothing yet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01957727716474042403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post-45732791911718896942015-08-31T16:27:27.479-07:002015-08-31T16:27:27.479-07:00I've searched around my house town in Massachu...I've searched around my house town in Massachusetts along the railroad there. Sadly, the glass is long gone. The best I found were about 15 stumps of poles, 7 remains of poles, 3 plastic insulators, and a rubber one. Very disheartening. Now I'm searching for all the insulators I can, the closer the better. I haven't had to go too far but sadly the result is I mostly just find downed poles with broken ones around them, and it's quite a bit of work not always yielding the finest results. In rare cases, a pole falls in a manir which does not injure the insulators. Also, if you are up for it, get all the pieces you can from one insulator, and glue them together. I did this with one I found in Maine, and discovered I was missing far more than I thought.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803886483555760591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post-5061940830172772192011-11-08T18:29:44.519-08:002011-11-08T18:29:44.519-08:00Yes, sad story Nate. And all too common. I've...Yes, sad story Nate. And all too common. I've heard stories of crews taking down a line piling the poles, cross arms and insulators all in a big pile and buring it all. The only thing left was blobs of melted glass only recogizable by the blue color.recumbent conspiracy theoristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post-81902778595193169442011-11-08T09:05:37.901-08:002011-11-08T09:05:37.901-08:00Looking at these pictures makes me sick. We used ...Looking at these pictures makes me sick. We used to have tons of these all along our tracks. Then they cut the lines. A few years later when the lines looked like this, a railroad crew came along the tracks took chainsaws and cut down the poles smashing most of the perfect insulators. I wish I had rented a ladder and rescued them before they were destroyed.Nate Maashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205088028505450499noreply@blogger.com