The train is all ivory and the men were made out of ebony and ivory
Bridge and train are 8ft long
All pieces are actual scale and detailed from protype blueprint drawings
This carviing was all out of ebony and ivory
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| Warthers Hand Carved Masterpieces by Tom Boylan Part 1 | |||||||||
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| This is a carved replica to scaleof the John Bull Americas First Passenger Train The train is all ivory and the men were made out of ebony and ivory |
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| Golden spike ceremony carved out of all ivory | |||||||||
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| These men driving the Golden Spike carved out of ivory also are set up to move and actually are driving the spike | |||||||||
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| Interior detail of one of the coaches used in the golden spike ceremony | |||||||||
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| Engine carved out of all ivory sits on top of this bridge that each stone brick was carved out of ebony and inlaid between the stones with ivory to represent the mortar Bridge and train are 8ft long All pieces are actual scale and detailed from protype blueprint drawings |
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| This is the Empire Stae Express carved of ivory 8ft long | |||||||||
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| Getting down the tracks on a handcar of ivory | |||||||||
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| This Ivory replica of the Illinois Central # 382 was driven by Casey Jones | |||||||||
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| This B&O engine pulled the Abraham Lincoln funeral train and this complete train set was finished carving in 1965 on the 100th annivesary of Lincolns funeral This carviing was all out of ebony and ivory |
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| This was Lincolns funeral car on the B&O train and the details that Warther put into this car are superb right down to Lincoln | |||||||||
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