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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, and had an alumunium alloy bodyshell, 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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==External links==
==External links==
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-10000  
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/streamliners-m10000/ The M-10,000, "American Experience" PBS documentary (pbs.org)]
* http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7399813
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-10000 M-10000 (Wikipedia)]
* [http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7399813 Marx model of the M-10000 (liveauctioneers.com)]


[[Category:1930s]]
{{M10000}}
[[Category:Clockwork]]
{{Marx}}
[[Category:Locomotives and trains]]
[[Category:Pullman]]
[[Category:Streamlined locomotives and trains]]

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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