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BY YUKA ORII STAFF WRITER

2012/07/25

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photoNobutaro Hara (Photo by Yasumasa Kikuchi)

Nobutaro Hara built his first model train, an electric steam locomotive, when he was in the sixth grade. Now, some 80 years later, both man and machine are still going strong. The recently opened Hara Model Railway Museum in Yokohama showcases some of his 6,000 handcrafted model train cars, and the Tokyo native says he has plans to build still more.

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