Frieda/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Frieda is a fictional tender engine created by Ian McCue and Andrew Brenner.

In 2016, Frieda made her debut in the movie, "The Great Race".

Frieda is voiced by Teresa Gallagher (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively.

Frieda is based on the DB Class 10 built by Krupp in 1957.

A printout seen in The Making of The Great Race shows that Frieda was at one point going to be based off of DRG Class 61 number 61 001, a streamlined 4-6-4 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 2015, Frieda was created from scratch in CGI by Arc Productions for the 2016 movie, The Great Race. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Unlike her basis, Frieda has two eccentric rods on both sides while the real engines had two rods on their left sides and only one on their right sides.

Frieda's face is based on the face of German-American actress, Diane Kruger.

Voice Actors

 * Teresa Gallagher
 * Erina Yamazaki
 * Analiz Sánchez
 * Katja Brügger
 * Mercedes Espinosa
 * Olga Golovanov