Millie/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
Millie is a fictional French narrow gauge tank locomotive created by Halim Jabbour, Ian McCue, Andrew Brenner and Sam Wilkinson.

In 2013, Millie made her debut in the movie, "King of the Railway" and she was absent in 2015 and 2018.

Millie is voiced by Miranda Raison (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively. Raison portrays the character with a French accent, reflecting her basis' origins.

Millie is based on a on 0-4-0 well tank No. 8069 "Tabamar".

CGI Model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2013, Millie was created in CGI by Arc Productions for the 2013 movie, King of the Railway. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.


 * Series 20
 * She gained a tail-lamp.

Voice Actors

 * Miranda Raison
 * Teresa Gallagher
 * Sonja Stein
 * Anna Gajewska
 * Beata Jankowska-Tzimas
 * Minako Saito
 * Talya Barkay
 * Sarah MacDonald Berge
 * Marit Berg
 * Blanche Ravalec
 * Annie Rojas
 * Tillie Bech
 * Paqui Horcajo
 * Susa Saukko
 * Kim Eun-a
 * Vina Papadopoulou
 * Olga Kuznetsova