Salty (AEG)/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
Salty is a fictional diesel locomotive created by writer Robin Kingsland, artist Robert Gauld-Galliers and producer Phil Fehrle.

Salty is currently set to make his debut in the second series episode, Salty's Sea Shanty.

2D animated rigs
Salty in All Engines Go uses a series of complicated 2D rigs created by Nelvana Studio. These rigs are made up of different assets, which can be stretched, squashed and posed to create the desired movements and poses. Salty's movements are handled by an animation team, with a posing team to create specific poses as required for certain shots.

Salty's 2D design has undergone many changes from the design used in the original series:
 * He now has orange irises.
 * His cab doors have been removed.
 * His number is now centred on his cab.
 * His coupling base and buffer housings are now red instead of yellow.
 * His exhaust pipe is now centred on his bonnet and has a bulbous base.
 * Strangely, his exhaust pipe is in its original position on his Motorized and Push Along models.
 * The lower windows on his cab front have been removed.
 * His name has been removed from his sides.
 * While it is unknown the exact reason for this change, it is most likely so that the English names for the characters will not appear in other dubs.
 * His horn is much larger.
 * His headlamp has been removed.
 * The front of his bonnet is much larger and is now completely flat.
 * His buffers and coupling hook are lower down on his bufferbeam.
 * The stepladders underneath his cab have been removed.
 * His handrails are now gold instead of grey.
 * The handrails along the top of his bonnet have been removed.
 * He appears to be much taller in height.
 * His tail-lamp is now black instead of white.

Originally, Salty had a slightly different design, which was later finalised for produced episodes. Differences between his original and final designs include:
 * The stripes on his side are darker than his main body colour and run in the opposite direction.
 * He has yellow wheels.
 * He retains his grey handrails.
 * His bonnet is shorter in height.
 * His horn is a lighter shade of grey.