Ferdinand/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Ferdinand is a fictional standard gauge tender locomotive created by Sharon Miller and Jo Jordan.

In 2010, Ferdinand made his debut in the special, Misty Island Rescue. He later appeared in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth series. After being absent in the seventeenth series, Ferdinand made a cameo in the eighteenth series episode, Signals Crossed.

Ferdinand has not appeared in the television series since 2014.

Ferdinand was voiced by Ben Small in the UK and Glenn Wrage in the US.

Ferdinand is based on a Climax Class C logging locomotive.

CGI Model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2009, Ferdinand was modelled in full CGI by Nitrogen Studios for production the 2010 special, Misty Island Rescue. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

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

 * Ben Small
 * Glenn Wrage
 * Bernard Demory
 * Robin Brosch
 * Christian Greger Strøm
 * Kōichi Sakaguchi
 * Jarosław Boberek
 * Héctor Moreno
 * Gadi Levy
 * Mariano García
 * Jukka Voutilainen
 * Loukas Frangoulis
 * Király Attila
 * Ole Møller