Carlos/Behind the Scenes

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

In 2016, Carlos made his debut in the movie, "The Great Race".

In his introduction, Carlos was voiced by David Bedella (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively. Since 2018, Carlos has been voiced by Gabriel Porras, also in both English dubs, thus voiced with a matching accent to his home country.

Carlos is based on the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (National Railways of Mexico) GR-3 class 2-8-0, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Eddystone, Pennsylvania.

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, Carlos 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.

Voice Actors

 * David Bedella
 * Gabriel Porras
 * Jun'ichi Kanemaru
 * Roberto Mendiola
 * Joachim Kretzer
 * Jens Wendland
 * Grzegorz Kwiecień
 * Petri Hanttu
 * Anton Savenkov