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{{Exhibit|Loc=39|Shelf=7|Pic=M10000_streamliner_train,_front_detail_(Marx).jpg|Text=Marx M-10000 streamlined train}}
A [[clockwork]], [[gauge 0]] model by [[Marx]], of Union Pacific's 1934 streamlined '''[[M-10000]] diesel train''' (nicknamed "'''The Tin Worm'''").
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 "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==
{{BigPic|M10000_streamliner_train_(Marx).jpg|M-10000 streamlined train (Marx), side view}}
{{BigPic|M10000_streamliner_train,_front_detail_(Marx).jpg|M-10000 streamlined train (Marx), front-side view}}
{{BigPic|M10000_streamliner_train,_rear_detail_(Marx).jpg|M-10000 streamlined train (Marx), rear-side view}}


==See also:==
==See also:==
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 15 June 2014

Exhibit

Union Pacific M-10000 Tin Worm (Marx)

M10000 streamliner train, front detail (Marx).jpg Marx M-10000 streamlined train (i)
BTMM map 039.gif
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:

External links

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