Samson/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Samson is a fictional standard gauge tank locomotive created by Ian McCue, Andrew Brenner and Sam Wilkinson.

In 2014, Samson made his debut in the eighteenth series of Thomas & Friends in the episode, Marion and the Dinosaurs.

Samson is voiced by Robert Wilfort in both the UK and US dubs of the show.

Samson is based on an Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank engine.

CGI Model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2014, Samson was created from scratch in CGI by Arc Productions for the eighteenth series. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Fonts
The following fonts are used on Samson's CGI model:
 * Garamond
 * Times New Roman Bold

Voice Actors

 * Robert Wilfort
 * Hiroaki Tajiri
 * Gerardo Alonso
 * Mauricio Pérez
 * Rafael de la Rica
 * Jürgen Uter
 * Thibault Lacour
 * Anton Savenkov
 * Zvika Fohrman
 * Markus Bäckman
 * Roberto Rocha
 * Kertész Péter