Norman/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Norman is a fictional standard gauge diesel locomotive created by Sharon Miller. He is often seen working around Vicarstown. He has a twin named Dennis.

In 2011, Norman made his debut in the special, Day of the Diesels. Like most of the Diesels during this time, his voice was provided by Kerry Shale. Keith Wickham later took the role in 2013, when animation duties were transferred to Arc Productions. Both actors provided Norman with a high-pitched hoarse British accent.

Like Dennis, Norman is based on No. 11001, a prototype Bulleid diesel built at Ashford Works, England in 1949 and scrapped in 1959.

CGI Model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2010, Norman was modelled in full CGI by Nitrogen Studios for the 2011 film, Day of the Diesels. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Pictures of Dennis' gauge 1 model were used as reference.

According to Greg Tiernan, the CGI models are subjected to many rounds of review before they are submitted to HiT Entertainment for final input and approval.

Voice Actors

 * Kerry Shale
 * Keith Wickham
 * Rob Rackstraw
 * Ken Sanders
 * Nobuaki Kanemitsu
 * Kunihiro Kawamoto
 * Bernard Demory
 * Paweł Galia
 * Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse
 * Peter Weis
 * Knud Riepen
 * Juan Alfonso Carralero
 * Gabriel Juárez
 * Ismael Verástegui
 * Yoli Seker
 * Dor Srugo
 * Fernando Castro
 * Elsa Pinillos
 * Jos Gómez
 * Samuel Harjanne
 * Jukka Voutilainen
 * Thiago Marques
 * Alexander Kotov
 * Alexander Horlin
 * Daniil Eldarov