Raul/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Raul is a fictional vertical-boiler tank engine created by Ian McCue and Andrew Brenner.

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

In his introduction, Raul was voiced by Rob Rackstraw (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic. Since 2019, Raul has been voiced by Federico Trujillo, also in both English dubs, thus voiced with a matching accent to his home country.

Raul is based on the SPR Type W No. 166, built by Sentinel in 1931 for the São Paulo Railway.

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, Raul 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.

Fonts
The following fonts are used on Raul's CGI model:
 * Sodor BLD

Voice Actors

 * Rob Rackstraw
 * Federico Trujillo
 * Hiroaki Tajiri
 * Salvador Reyes
 * Héctor Estrada
 * Jos Gómez
 * Joachim Kretzer
 * Fabian Harloff
 * Waldemar Barwiński
 * Alexander Horlin
 * Jeon Tae-yeol