Vinnie/Behind the Scenes

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

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

Vinnie is voiced by John Schwab (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively.

Vinnie is based on the Canadian National Railway's U-4-a 6400 class. The U-4-a's were primarily used on passenger services in southern Ontario and Quebec due to a lack of coal reserves on the railway. One member of the class, No. 6400, is preserved at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. It is the only surviving member.

Vinnie's number is taken from the Grand Trunk Western #6407 of the U-4-b class, which was scrapped in April 1960.

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, Vinnie 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 Vinnie's CGI model:
 * Rockwell Bold Condensed
 * Rockwell Bold

Voice Actors

 * John Schwab
 * Nobuaki Kanemitsu
 * Daniel del Roble
 * Daniel Welbat
 * Alfredo Martínez
 * Petridisz Hrisztosz
 * Anton Savenkov