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[quote user="Modelcar"]<p> </p><p>.....<font size="4">And all those glass insulators seem to be collectors items. Isn't there something about that glass that has a lot of lead in it and hence a no, no to handle all the time.....?</font></p><p>[/quote]</p><p>No, they don't have lead in them, not the common insulators that were made by the billions for railroad use. Or any insulator I've ever heard of; you're thinking of lead crystal for fancy glassware which is very expensive and thus not likely to be appearing the cheap, crummy glass cullet that insulator manufactors used. Collectable value of insulators is a factor of RARITY, and 99.9999999% of railroad insulators are not rare. The insulators with values in the $1000-plus range are ones with fewer than a few hundred or so in existence. The Hemingray 42s (the common aqua or clear insulator one sees on railroad pole lines) have absolutely no cash value at all, which hardly stops antique dealers from slapping $10 price tags on ones that are cracked or chipped. The only one I've ever picked up on the right of way that has any value is a Hemingray manufactured only in 1870-71; it's worth about $125 in perfect condition and mine is pretty beat up after being windblasted by grit and kicked by cows on the Wyoming desert for 135 years. But it has nice sentimental value.</p><p>S. Hadid </p>
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