Gator/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Gator is a fictional steam motor tank engine created by Ian McCue and Andrew Brenner.

In 2014, Gator made his debut in the movie, "Tale of the Brave".

Gator is voiced by Clive Mantle (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively.

Gator is based on a Colombian Steam Motor locomotive built by Sentinel Waggon Works Ltd. All four of these locomotives have been scrapped. Gator has been re-gauged from metre gauge to standard gauge.

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, Gator was created from scratch in CGI by Arc Productions for the 2014 movie, Tale of the Brave. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Fonts
The following fonts are used on Gator's CGI model:
 * Copperplate Gothic Bold

Voice Actors

 * Clive Mantle
 * Holger Mahlich
 * Paul Disbergen
 * Toshikazu Miura
 * Hiroaki Tajiri
 * Per Skjøldsvik
 * Łukasz Talik
 * Alfonso Ramírez
 * Dan Schatzberg
 * Arthur Machado
 * Petri Hanttu
 * Rafael de la Rica
 * Alexander Kotov
 * Teizi Gyula