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Hara Model Railway Museum (Japanese: 原鉄道模型博物館) is a Japanese model railway museum located in Nishi-ku, Yokohama which houses some of the models used in the television series.

Engines

  • Thomas (TATMR-Series 12 Brass, Replica and Gauge 3.5 models) (Brass model was previously at Nitrogen Studios, Gauge 3.5 models was previously at Thomas Town) (Gauge 3.5 and replica models were moved to the Thomas the Tank Engine Exhibition in 2020)
  • Edward (Series 10-12 Brass model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • Henry (Series 10-12 Brass model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • Gordon (Series 10-12 Brass model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • James (Series 10-12 Brass model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • Percy (TATMR-Series 12 Brass and Gauge 3.5 models) (Brass model was previously at Nitrogen Studios, Gauge 3.5 models was previously at Thomas Town) (Gauge 3.5 model was moved to the Thomas the Tank Engine Exhibition in 2020)
  • Toby (Series 12 model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • Duck (Undisplayed as it suffered damage during transit and was returned to Mattel's storage unit)
  • Donald and Douglas
  • Oliver (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • Bill and Ben
  • Lady (Replica)
  • Mavis
  • Skarloey (Empty clean Wash Behind Your Buffers Shell, undisplayed as it lacks a chassis/face)
  • Rheneas (Large Scale model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)
  • Sir Handel (Large Scale model)
  • Peter Sam (Large Scale model)
  • Duncan (Series 6-12 Large Scale model)
  • Rusty (Large Scale model) (Previously at Nitrogen Studios)

Rolling Stock

Non-rail vehicles

Buildings

Large scale models

Trivia

  • Some of the models were previously displayed at Nitrogen Studios and Thomas Town.
  • Some of the characters' parts are broken or missing:
    • Three of the axle boxes on Edward's tender are missing.
    • Two of the axle boxes on Henry's tender are missing.
    • The axle boxes on Gordon's tender are missing. His rear left buffer was previously missing, but it was repaired in 2017.
    • Thomas' Pack scale model has been missing his headlamp since he was displayed at Thomas Town.
    • In 2014, Gordon's tender came loose, but this was fixed later on in 2015.
    • James' Cab Detailing is missing, thus exposing his motor.
    • In 2017, Gordon's front brake pipe had broken off and is now glued onto Edward, giving him two front brake pipes.
    • Percy's whistle, tailamp and headlamp lens are missing.
    • Donald and Douglas' eye mechanisms were broken when they were shipped to the museum. As a quick fix, the museum painted eyes for them.
    • Donald's tender is missing one of his buffers.
    • Sometime during one of the museum's Christmas exhibitions, Donald collided with another engine head-on, presumably due to a faulty switch. No known damage has been seen or done to either models.
    • Donald's nameplate is stained black, which is likely black-tac.
    • Clarabel was missing one of her buffers, but it was luckily repaired in 2016.
    • Henrietta is missing one of her buffers.
    • Harold was originally displayed without his mouth, but he has since regained it and been given a surprised expression.
    • The back of Ben's cab is missing, exposing his motor.
    • In 2019, Oliver has lost the handrail on his left side tank, as well as his right lamp iron.
    • As of 2020, Edward's whistle broke off.
  • The models are displayed in the state of their last use in filming of the twelfth series. This is why some of the engines have their happy, smiling, laughing, and content faces, whilst Gordon and Mavis have their concerned faces, Toby has his scared face, and Henry has his sad face.
  • James most likely does not have a full eye mechanism since his model was previously seen with a CGI motion tracker (used in the twelfth series to track the CGI faces on the engines while they were moving during production) while it was on display at Nitrogen Studios and is currently wearing a fake happy face. James also currently lacks cab detailing.
  • Skarloey's clean shell from Wash Behind Your Buffers was sent by mistake rather than the main large scale model when the models were all shipped over, and since it lacked a chassis, it could not be displayed.
  • Duck was also set to be shipped over but suffered damage during transit and was returned to Mattel's storage unit per the request of Sam Wilkinson.
  • The museum decorates the models during Christmas, as well as the museum's summer and spring festivals.
  • The models of Thomas, Bill, Ben, Annie and Clarabel were used as references for CoolProps, who are making replicas of those characters.
  • While most of the models are on display in the museum's main layout, the museum currently only operates a few at a time on a set schedule throughout the day to minimize wear-and-tear on the historic props.
  • The original television Tenmille and PECO (only the narrow gauge) tracks were loaned from the storage for only display in the display cases where the engines stood on them, not in the museum's main layout.
  • Because the Museum used 1 gauge track (45 mm gauge, 1/32 scale) all the Large Scale Narrow Gauge Engine could not fit on the tracks and could not be powered, making them unable to move as all Narrow Gauge Engine uses 0 gauge track.

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