The World of Thomas the Tank Engine Exhibition (Japanese: 原作出版80周年「きかんしゃトーマスの世界展 ～はたらく機関車たちのおはなし～」) is a Thomas & Friends themed exhibition held in honour of the 80th Anniversary of The Railway Series.
The first exhibition was held at the Kyoto Railway Museum and ran from 15 March to 6 May 2025.
A second exhibition will be held at the Kōchi Literary Museum and will run from 5 July to 15 September 2025.[1]
Exhibition[]
Kyoto Railway Museum[]
- Some of the Rev. W. Awdry's original sketches for The Three Railway Engines.
- Original artwork by C. Reginald Dalby for the re-illustrated version of The Three Railway Engines.
- Original cover illustrations of Really Useful Engine and James and the Diesel Engines.
- Original artwork by Clive Spong for Thomas and the Great Railway Show.
- Gauge 1 props of Henry, Murdoch, Molly, Whiff, Hank, BoCo, Class 40, a green express coach, a red express coach, Harold, part of Crosby and several signals.
- A selection of Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Emily, Murdoch, Molly, Whiff, Hank, Class 40 and Skarloey's faces.
- Gauge 1 replicas of Thomas and Lady.
- Gauge 3 props of Rheneas, Peter Sam, three narrow gauge coaches (blue, red and green), five narrow gauge trucks (two 4-planks, three 5-planks), some workmen's huts and a coal staithe.
- Gauge 3.5 props of Thomas, Percy and a signal box.
- The fifth series shooting schedules.
- Concept art for the fifth series
- The fourth draft of the script for Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
- Several close-up scale food items.
- Original magazine illustrations
- Seventh series ruler reference photographs of Spencer.
- An overhead photograph of the Transfer Yards set under construction during the ninth series.
- Tenth series workbench photographs of Busy Bee James, Rosie and Jeremy.
- Turnarounds of the CGI models of Thomas, Edward, Gordon, Percy, Whiff, Hiro, Mavis, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Bertie, Harold and Sir Topham Hatt.
- Concept art and early renders of Hiro and Kenji.
- Concept art and orthographics from The Adventure Begins of Thomas and James' original liveries, Glynn, Judy, Jerome and Knapford's new layout and textures.
- A monitor showcasing storyboards and preliminary animation for The Adventure Begins.
- Concept art of Bruno's early design.
- Translations scripts for Marvellous Machinery, Race for the Sodor Cup and The Biggest Friends of All.