The Shame Of Discover Thomas & Friends: A History In Shambles 

I give you the island of sodor after season 21

The most horrific part of this exhibition is the fact that they have Daisy pulling a milk truck. Don't they know that's bad for her swerves?

Toby wasn’t stolen, he was rescued

The problem is that Drayton Manor is a theme park; their priority is entertainment, ride safety and revenue. There's maybe only one or two members of staff who care for the models and know what they are. Sadly, they can't just change how the models are treated by the park as a whole because they're not managers or anything like that. I've spoken to one of the staff who does care in person when I visited a few months ago, and he genuinely cares for the models and is so happy to hold them, but he gets a lot of bullying online from fans who don't understand there is little he can do without jeopardising his job.

Sad that japan treats the models better than thomas' home country

Toby wasn't stolen, he made an escape attempt that sorta worked out. They say he was working with Harvey, thinking they would both escape. Terence, being the kind soul, offered to help. But things didn't work out. It was supposed to be an easy job. Toby and Harvey knew there was a small hole in the back of the tunnel that could be reached via a hidden set of points. They waited until nightfall, when the guards went home and the other models were turned off at night. Terence snuck through the tunnel hole to turn the layout back on. He succeeded without issue and came back to switch the points. Toby and Harvey left their sheds along with the breakdown train to lift themselves onto the getaway vehicles arranged by an unknown recruit. It was all going well, the tunnel came in sight, but another item came in sight. Rosie. Someone had tipped her off about the escape, most likely the unknown individual. She refused the escapees entry to the tunnel and sat on the hidden points. Harvey who was in front, charged at her, damaging her front. But she fought back. She hit him so hard he derailed and his face came off. Toby was horrified, seeing his friend be hurt like that. He felt someone couple up behind him, but he didn't care. He surged backwards, then forwards after a few seconds, ripping the coupling off of the engine behind. He used every ounce of weight and steam to barge into Rosie, but it was no good. His wheels were slipping. Rosie was too strong. One moment Rosie was pushing hard against Toby's weak buffers, the next she was on her side. Terence had rammed her with his plow and chipped it. He told Toby to run. To run and don't look back. Toby thanked Terence and promised he would never forget him. Terence lifted Toby with the force of his plow onto the lorry. The truck trundled out of view with Toby on the back. Terence decided to break the points lever. He never wanted to go through that again. It is rumoured Toby went looking for the Hara Model Railway Museum in Japan. But nobody knows if he made it or not...

Thomas & Friends: Welcome To The Model Graveyard

As someone who lives about an hour away from Drayton Manor, I went there almost yearly as a child, gazing at the engines that were on my television, wondering where the rest of the engines were. Nowadays, I would prefer not to visit the exhibit, but if i did go, it would be a solemn and silent trip to assess damages and remember the previous models.

It’s kinda sad knowing we will probably never see Toby or Stepney again.

There’s always the chance that Toby was saved by a fan and is being looked after. You never know

I think japan has some of the original models from the show and they look great, with no damage to the models and with the original faces for the models, they look way better than the ones from drayton manor

The person that stole Toby probably wanted to save him.

Imagine what Mitton would think if he saw this sad model graveyard :(

What Drayton manor have done to the props is unacceptable, but what Sam Wilkinson did by donating more props to their layout pissed me off even more

Edward (Removed in early 2020 to be restored by Sean o Connor, confirmed to be later put on display at the Clearwater exhibition) Toby (Stolen in 2011) Stepney (Put in storage due to broken motor in December 2018) Harvey (Returned to HiT Entertainment in 2011) Molly (Previously at Nitrogen Studios) Trevor (removed in July 2018) Bulgy (removed in July 2020 and sent to the Hara Model Railway Museum) The Post Van (Put in storage in early 2020) Taxi 2 (Put in storage in early 2020) Three red and cream express coaches (Put in storage in early 2020) Three green and cream express coaches (Brake coach added in early 2020 with the two composite coaches) Three milk tankers (Two of the tankers put in storage in early 2020) Eight tar tankers (Five of the tankers put in storage in early 2020) One Breakdown Train (Put in storage in early 2020) Two Breakdown Train conflats, including one with the Great Waterton water wheel (One of the conflats put in storage in early 2020) One BR 20 Ton Brake Van (Removed sometime in 2011 or 2012) Four mail coaches (Two of the coaches put in storage in early 2020) One raspberry syrup tanker (Removed in early 2020) One cream tanker (Removed in 2013 or 2014) Three ice cream vans (Removed in early 2020) Funfair trucks (In storage) Two balloon trucks (in storage) Dryaw Station (Put in storage in early 2020) Dryaw Footbridge (Put in storage in early 2020) Stanley's Shed (Put in storage in early 2020)

Drayton Manor handles these models the same way Mattel handles the show.

Are HiT Entertainment and Drayton Manor really blind towards negative criticism concerning their handling of the models?

To be honest, I wouldn't have had a problem if Drayton Manor came out and just said something like they're not sure how to fix the models, or lack the funds or staff to do so, because that could all be fixed rather easily. If its a lack of funds, I know I'd donate towards seeing the engines fixed, and brought back to some sort of presentable state. If its a lack of staff, or they don't know? There are how many people who have made Gauge 1 replicas of the character models with accurate tech? They could get people on that. Its sad knowing how these models have been treated, and I'm happy they're doing _something_ about it after all these years.. but, seriously. When an amusement park with an entire staff, board, and planning department is outdone by one guy in his garage, you know something's up.

Just here waiting for a billionaire Thomas fan to buy Thomas's copyright

Funny thing. When I saw that Thomas’s paintwork, I immediately thought of this video I saw, where a British guy said something like “Everything on the railway just accumulates this layer of grime. That engine’s been on a siding for decades. If it was running yesterday, it’d be just as dirty” I guess the grime comes after model railways as-well

Drayton Manor would never suit his grace...

I remember my mum taking me and seeing Stepney,Thomas and Rosie

Its such a shame they are destroying my childhood characters its sad just looking at it. They look like shell of their former selfs. Its just sad.

It really goes to show how little respect these people have for the models. I love how they weren’t just tossed in the trash after 2008, but to see how these childhood icons are just breaking down with minimal maintenance really makes us appreciate what we once had.

I feel really bad for those precious models! Why did this happen? Well it’s a good thing ThomasTankMerch actually did a much better job than Drayton Manor!

The way they mistreat and disrespect these models break my heart, growing up with the original Thomas and Friends, I'm saddened to see Drayton Manor abuse and not look after these models especially Thomas and Edward...

They should sell this exhibit to Thomas the Tank merch, he actually knows how to maintain the props

Other people cares about theese models, but sadly draton manor thinks that kids deserve the worst

I’d steel em just to fix them up and literally act like if they weren’t handled well the entire world would just completely explode

This channel proves that there is such thing as a mature Thomas fan

The person who stole toby: come, this is no place to die.

To be fair. On a very very surface level. Some of the damage apparantly came with the models when they arrived. They have gotten far worse over time. Which I think may be down simply to the fact park staff handle them. Not specific museum staff.

It's a shame to see such amazing and wonderful models of our favourite characters from something we grew up with, being in such terrible condition. I remember seeing this twice when I went to Thomas Land and seeing those models, it really felt I actually arrived to the Island of Sodor and see some of the characters made the experience even better.

The Hara Model railway museum also has some of the Thomas props and my god, they handle them with SO much better care than this disgusting dump

Thomas got his old face back, as well as repainted wheels

Wonder why they couldn't just put the real models on display, and get (or make) replicas to run, that way people can see something in action, while the originals are preserved.

Welcome to Drayton Manor: The amusement park that doubles as a model train graveyard.

It’s like they’re calling for help, desperate for release of their silent torture and mistreatment. Calling for their father, the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, from beyond the void for help and a sense of salvation from their suffering. Begging their “mother,” Britt Allcroft, to forgive them for the sense of failure they feel for not keeping up with the modern world.

Thank god for Thomas tank merch. They’ve been able to rescue and preserve some of the models to their former glory.

House in the rising sun intro love it

Imagine Toby going on a top-secret detective Mission looking for his own model LOL! At the same time let's hope whoever has the same time let's hope whoever has Toby model is taking very good care of it.

Sonic's ghost is watching you closely. 5:27

You know what I wanna host a campaign for the restoration of these models to it’s better form

We might as well make a museum for the models. The museum can be anywhere, but needs to be related to TTTE.

I don't like it there.

This just hurts, seeing my favorite childhood characters die. :( Probably the original Toby, who got stolen, is treated much better

Train boy will u do James and the trouble with trees as a story

How come in England drayton manor has there models in terrible conditions like it’s hell for trains while in Japan the hara model railway museum has there models spot on and look like the show

Stepney was probs sent back to HIT as well as Edward and harvey

Correction: A lot of the models aren't at HiT or Mattel. According to Elliot KW, they're at a storage location in Southampton. Some are actually at HiT and Mattel. I feel like Mattel tells Drayton to treat the models this way. Thank God for TankMerch for getting one of the Edwards used from 1983 to 2005.

it's a shame to see the models treated this way, to be honest I hope that they restore ALL of the models after all, due to the human malware going around it would be the perfect opportunity to do so. I wish we could go back in time to save the original toby model from being stolen, but then can say that wherever toby is now, he's better off thee than at Drayton manor please do a part 2 or even a whole series! I want to see and hear EVERYTHING

How much damage was done by Drayton Manor and how much before they got ahold of it? Did HiT entertainment care about their models after wrapping up filming? Their scripts show they didn't care much about characterisation and continuity so I can imagine them not caring about other stuff.

Drayton manner needs to learn how to take care of the models like how the hara model railway museum does

The thing I like about your content is that you're able to pack in so much info in under 10 minutes. Don't stop making vids, love watching them!

I’ve actually recently been to Drayton manor recently. From what I could see, Toby has yet to return, however Thomas has returned. He doesn’t run anymore, but he’s there. And they seem to have fixed rosey’s motors.

This was actually a really great video, talk about Drayton manor more and where the original models are now please 🤞

I'm assuming they replaced Edward's face because his original face's eyes nearly rolled up into his sockets. It looked pretty disturbing.

I actually had seen that Harvey model when it was missing its face. I was 5. It scared the ever living day lights out of me. My 5 year old head was just thinking what had killed Harvey. I have never looked at Harvey the same way since.

i can imagine someone stealing all the models then fixing them then taking them back

Drayton manor employees probably ram these things into each other after hours

Drawton manor took Thomas to seriously when he said bust my buffers

Quickly becoming one of my favorite RU-vid channels

I reckon you should do a video about the Hara model railway museum, as it's pretty much the polar opposite of Drayton Manor. They care for the models a lot and aren't as damaged, so it goes to show what caring can do

this is what pain feels like

This is really interesting to learn about! I’d love to learn more about that Japanese place which has some Thomas models (such as Peter Sam I believe)

Dear god, YES! I need more explanation. Hopefully there will be a part 2 or something.

Great music at the beginning! Also, I would like to hear more about Drayton Manor’s treatment of them!

Worse condition then my Hornby locomotives. Well, some of them. Mine are sometimes perfect, or completely FUBAR. The TTTE props are all equally rundown.

At Least Harvey Showed us What The Engines look without their Face Mask...

Good to see a formal video on this issue!

2:41 I think it's funny how Thomas is next to a "No Trespassing" sign right next to him. It's like Thomas is saying he want s to be left alone by the staff.

You'd think the park would make a big deal out of these being the actual TV series props... we've been numerous times and have only just found out through your video...we thought they were just replica models...the whole exhibit is poorly executed and an afterthought of the park owners... I've spoken to someone who was in charge of the Drayton Manor and he said he'd tried to tell the owners that a lot needs updating in the park but his concerns fell on deaf ears and he left the job as it was on a downward spiral.

Trainboy really out here using minecraft's nether music Honestly, it's fitting

Let me rephrase: They have been fixed e.g Thomas, Rosie and Edward is currently being fixed. Stepney I think has been bought and It wasn’t their fault Toby was stolen. They also have Molly and Hank who are in amazing condition!

5:53 - The Take-Alongs actually are more durable than the ERTLS, which is one thing I like about the former. As someone who's played with both lines throughout his childhood, I've broken through a lot of the couplings and buffers on the ERTL models, whereas the Take-Alongs have the Smart Magnets and buffers more molded into the running boards.

Please do another video going more in depth into what happened to some of the models i want to know what draton has done to these peaces of history

Whoever stole Toby, let’s hope they’re taking good care of him.

If these models were liberated and restored, they could be distributed throughout more famous British railway museums. For example, York (National Railway Museum), Shildon (Locomotion, subsidiary of NRM), Didcot (Didcot Railway Centre) among others.

I could’ve spent the rest of my days believing that the original Thomas models were living a peaceful retirement in a glass display case Now I find out they’ve been handled with the same carelessness as the Tugs props, but unlike DM, the star trust at least made an effort to protect their props

When they 1st arrived they where good but now they look like there in a lot of pain

This is disappointing, but I can say I'd personally like to see more of this style of videos (and an ww2 toby)

I am just SO glad that Wilbert Awdry’s models aren’t there. Given how old and the condition his models are in, I don’t even want to imagine what would happen to them here…..

The Thomas And Friends Models were really cool in the TV Series i wish they can return to the show again that would be awesome

I'd go to that theme part if i were ever in the UK, just to see the models anyways.

Not so fun fact toad (Oliver's breakvan) has no face its gone. The rev will curse Drayton manor.

Spent the past two days there, and this exhibition has got worse. The only engines out are Thomas, Rosie, Molly, Class 40 and Mighty Mac. Mighty Mac and Molly are on shuttle units, Rosie is on the loop. I assume they've broken Thomas as why wouldn't you have him running. There was a couple of surprises, but overall it was just immense sadness.

I feel bad for these models.. I grew up loving these talking trains created by the reverend I hope these models are in a better place with people who really care

"atrocities" is a bit ott in fairness.

When I went to that ThomasLand when I was around 8 and I couldn't really care for how the quality of the models were. I was just so happy that I was actually seeing the actual models that was used in the show.

And DEFINITELY do a full deep dive into Drayton Manor and all the things that have happened w/ the props, that'd be interesting (even if difficult to watch)

The Minecraft music tho And my god I haven't heard the Christmas music for MC in such a long time. Oh wait this is a Thomas The Tank Engine video

The HARA railway museum needs to save these poor souls

Mattel should sue Drayton Manor

In 2020 drayton was purchased by new owners who seem t care a lot more about there currently revamping the whole exhibition and moving it inside the thomas land shop where security is better

If I owned a museum that had the original Thomas engines from the show, I wouldn't have them running around. I would display them in beautiful protective cases where they would be observed, as well as safe and sound.

Why steal Tony of all engines 😩

I love that they have d261, he's one of my most favorite characters

The intro theme is fire

If you listen closely you can here the engines scream in pain, some go home some get stolen but most are stuck behind the glass.

What sucks about this is that half of it isn't even Drayton or the employee's fault, Sam and his buddy Sean are the ones "restoring" the models and doing harm to them