Wathers Carvings Part 2 by Tom Boylan
	Light glaring ,but here is one shot of the overall Lincolns funeral train that ran on the B&O RR This whole train was finished carving on Lincolns 100th anniversary in 1965
	This is the rotating stand Mooney made to display his plier tree He took this to the Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1933
	This plier tree was one of Mooney Warthers magnificent visions One block of wood, he made 31,000 cuts making this a one solid piece into a working plier tree consisting of 511 pliers It took Mooney from June 24 to August 28,1913 to carve this piece
	Carving of the model Big Four out of walnut and ivory All working parts ,rivets ,screws and piping were also carved out to hold the model together. There was no glue used in his carvings. All models are hooked up to motors and belts to make the displays run
	New York Central Hudson 5200 carved out of ebony and ivory. Very nicely done. Moony Warthr did not like diesel or streamliners. He only carved steam engines and all were exact replicas down to scaled size including piping and trim work.
	One of many hancarved pieces by Moony Warther. This B&O engine was carved from ebony and ivory and all parts move and work on all of his carvings
	Another one of Mooney Warthers favorites was this UP big boy with over 7000 pieces carved to build the engine.
	This is a carving of the first engine brought to Chicago CNW Pioneer
	Here is an oldie as one of the first Erie RR engines
	Here is a fancy little engine that was built by the Norris Bros. in 1847 for the Camden and Amboy RR
	This engine carved by Mooney Warther and prototype built in 1852 by Jim Milholland called the Illlnois was the first passenger engine to burn antracite coal.
	This Great Northern engine was Mooney Warthers favorite carving  It was made out of ebony ,ivory and pearl The actual prototype engie was built by Baldwin Loco works in 1930
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