Madge/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Madge is a fictional snub-nosed lorry created by Paul Larson.

In 2007, Madge made her debut in the eleventh series episode, Cool Truckings of Thomas & Friends. She would also appear in the same series episode, Wash Behind Your Buffers and the special, The Great Discovery.

Madge has not appeared in the television series since 2008.

O gauge model (Large scale)
Madge's model was built from plastic by model maker, John Payne. The model was to run on Styrofoam road and was painted from glossy car body paint.

Madge's eye mechanism used the same remote control as Donald which was sourced from JR Propo's X2610. It is now owned by Twitter User Skarloey Railway Adventure

Eight different facial expressions were sculpted for Madge, although only seven were used on-screen and one of which (a wincing face) was left unused. The faces were sculpted in clay, and from that, resin casts were made in a silicone mould. One of these faces was sold on Prop Gallery before being bought by Youtube User Thomas Fan UK and teased on his channel for a trailer showing off props he owns although currently it hasn't been shown off and likely is being restored.

Present Day
After production of the model series wrapped in 2008, most of the models and sets would be put into storage, with some being put on display at Drayton Manor Theme Park. All other models would be logged and referenced in 2009 by HiT Entertainment, from this HiT would decide on which models were to enter storage once again, which would be given to crew members and which to be disposed off. Due to only having one model made, Madge's model would stay under HiT and later Mattel's ownership.

Madge's model is currently in Mattel's storage unit in Southampton England. Sam Wilkinson has expressed interest on displaying the model at a future Clearwater Event with the eye mechanism controller now owned by Twitter user SkarloeyRailwayAdventure as well as getting the eyes operational for display using the controller.

Voice Actors

 * Nanaho Katsuragi
 * Blanche Ravalec