Union Pacific M-10000 Tin Worm (Marx)

Exhibit
Union Pacific M-10000 Tin Worm (Marx) Marx M-10000 streamlined train (i)
location:
Arch Four , Area 39 End Cabinet (display)
Shelf 7

A red and silver clockwork, gauge 0 model by Marx, of Union Pacific's 1934 streamlined M-10000 diesel train (nicknamed "The Tin Worm").

The "worm" was styled by Pullman engineer Martin P Blomberg. It had an aluminium alloy bodyshell, and was brown with curved yellow side-panels and a rounded rear end that looked very wormlike indeed.

The piece is marked with the Marx "cross in circle" logo, and "MADE IN ENGLAND".

Images

M-10000 streamlined train (Marx), side view

M-10000 streamlined train (Marx), front-side view

M-10000 streamlined train (Marx), rear-side view

See also:

• Union Pacific M-10000 Tin Worm (Lionel Trains)

External links

• The M-10,000, "American Experience" PBS documentary (pbs.org)
• M-10000 (Wikipedia)
• Marx model of the M-10000 (liveauctioneers.com)