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| | by John McDougald
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Residing in a Virginia antique store, Carol and I saw this wood-covered
insulator. The insulator inside the wooden case was well made with a channel
running from the base at one side, over the top of the dome, and down the
opposite side to the base. Its center was drilled to accept a 1" American
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| | Taking a Train Trip Down Memory Lane
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| | by Gerald Worms
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Choo! Choo! What is this? It is a scene from the 1940's? Guess again. Would
you believe this picture was taken a bit more recently ... on October 24, 1996?
I was fortunate to be able to ride behind Union Pacific Steam Engine #844 on the
Union Pacific excursion train. It traveled from St. Louis to Poplar Bluff,
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| | Collecting Electric Fence Insulators - Part One
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Electric Fence insulators are not exactly the hobby's most popular specialty.
In fact, I know of only two other people who actively collect fence insulators.
Gene Condon, and Bob Wilson Jr., president of one of the worlds largest fence
insulator companies. I intend to show that fence insulators and equipment can be
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| | Australian Collector, Noel Dawson
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"Besides being an avid insulator collector, I'm also a member of the
Australian Historic Telephone Society, mainly because of the communications link
with insulators. Many of the members are telephone linesmen who also take an
interest in insulators. Each month a newsletter is published and sent to members
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| | 9 Mile Road Adventure
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| | by Rob Tucker
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There was an air of quickening anticipation as the car turned into the
growing shadows spreading across the parking lot at Dinosaur National Monument
outside of Vernal, UT. The jagged, upturned sedimentary rocks entomb the
skeletons of many hundreds of long extinct dinosaurs and as many scientists have
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| | Porcelain Insulator News
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| | by Elton Gish
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We haven't discussed multipart porcelain insulators since November 1996 CJ.
It is time to catch up on a few interesting reports of multiparts. I will put a
couple of color photos on the web page at www.insulators.com/cjphotos/index.htm
for those of you on the internet.
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| | A State of "EUPHORIA"
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| | by Doug MacGillvary
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In the April 1976 issue of Crown Jewels of the Wire, Jack Tod, while writing
about the U-982, stated "I guarantee you will enter a state of euphoria if
you ever hold this beautiful and unique specimen in your hands." Jack, you
nailed it! Imagine holding a U-982 in one hand and a U-983 in the other! The
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| | Insulator Hunting for the Marginally Sane
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This article is dedicated to those hardy souls who will risk living through
extended periods of frustration and disappointment just to have a chance for
brief periods of joy upon occasion.
RESEARCH
Finding research material on the various companies involved in the
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