Troublesome Trucks (AEG)/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
Troublesome Trucks are a pair of fictional open trucks used created by the Reverend W. Awdry

Both the Green and Brown trucks first appeared in the first series episode License to Deliver, which first aired in 2021.

In The Railway Series and the early television series, the trucks were based on a number of different types of rolling stock from British Railways. In All Engines Go however, there are two trucks. One has blue-grey wheels and reddish-brown woodwork, the other has olive green wheels and woodwork. Both have silver frames and red running boards.

2D animated rigs
The Troublesome Trucks 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. The trucks' movements are handled by an animation team, with a posing team to create specific poses as required for certain shots.

The Troublesome Trucks' 2D design has undergone many changes from the design used in the original series:
 * Their faces became larger.
 * They gained colored irises.
 * The vertical metal bars on their rear ends have been removed, being replaced with a diagonal metal strip.
 * The metal bars behind their faces have been removed.
 * They now have red bufferbeams and running boards.
 * They now have inside frames.
 * Their braking gear has been removed.
 * They gained black boxes behind their front and rear bufferbeams.
 * They now have only five planks instead of seven.
 * They are now much bigger and longer than before.
 * Like Annie and Clarabel, they have gained the ability to move by themselves.

Green Truck

 * Jai Armstrong
 * Jamie Watson
 * Juan Carralero
 * Shunsuke Takeuchi
 * Gilberto de Syllos
 * Jari Salo
 * Peter Zhelder
 * Dor Srugo

Brown Truck

 * Jai Armstrong
 * Cory Doran
 * Héctor Estrada
 * Kozo Dozaka
 * Gilberto de Syllos
 * Jari Salo
 * Peter Zhelder
 * Dor Srugo