Diesel 10/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Diesel 10 was originally played by Australian actor Keith Scott, and the character was intended only as a villain supplementary to Doug Lennox's character, P.T. Boomer. Boomer was cut due to early audience reactions, and Diesel 10's role was rewritten as the primary villain. In the process, Keith Scott was replaced by Canadian improv comedian Neil Crone. Crone, with fellow improvisation comedian Kevin Frank, had been auditioning for the film to play the trucks. Crone was given the part of Diesel 10 when he was heard performing a gruff voice during auditions. In the final movie, Crone and Frank improvised much of their dialogue, including the name "Pinchy" for Diesel 10's claw.

His plan in the original script was also much different. He plotted to get rid of the steam engines by making their lives miserable, one of the sections of the plan included the "Sneezing Powder" sequence (originally quarry dust in the original script and Little Engines Can Do BIG Things). He also planned to destroy all the buffers on the railway so the steam engines would crash and derail, with the diesels taking over and rebuilding the buffers after. The plan to destroy the buffers was further bolstered by his discovery of the buffers that led to the entrance of Mr. Conductor's Magic Railroad, thus stopping him from continuing his plans of diesel domination. This plan was the reason why George was going to be one of his assistants. Also, instead of returning to Sodor to finally destroy Lady once and for all, he was a new engine who Sir Topham Hatt brought to help while he was away, but instead caused more havoc on the island.

Voice Actors

 * Keith Scott (Thomas and the Magic Railroad; original workprints only)
 * Neil Crone (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Matt Wilkinson (UK/US; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Rupert Degas (UK/US; Misty Island Rescue; original cut only)
 * Ginzō Matsuo (Japan; Thomas and the Magic Railroad only)
 * Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japan; Calling All Engines only)
 * Takaya Kuroda (Japan; Misty Island Rescue only)
 * Ryōta Yamasato (Japan; Day of the Diesels only)
 * Yohei Nishina (Japan; seventeenth season onwards)
 * Yoram Yosefsberg (Israel; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Christoffer Staib (Norway; Misty Island Rescue only)
 * Simen Sand (Norway; Day of the Diesels - seventeenth season)
 * Louis-Georges Girard (French speaking Canada; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Helmut Krauss (Germany; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Martin May (Germany; Misty Island Rescue only)
 * Jürgen Holdorf (Germany; Day of the Diesels onwards)
 * Wolfgang Hartmann (Germany; Audio Books only)
 * Sławomir Pacek (Poland; Misty Island Rescue only)
 * Dariusz Odija (Poland; Day of the Diesels only)
 * Janusz Wituch (Poland; seventeenth season onwards)
 * Luis Alfonso Padilla (Latin America; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza (Latin America; Thomas and the Magic Railroad; TV Version)
 * Gerardo Reyero (Latin America; Misty Island Rescue onwards; excluding Day of the Diesels)
 * Eduardo Garza (Latin America; Day of the Diesels only)
 * Sander de Heer (The Netherlands; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Pasi Ruohonen (Finland; Misty Island Rescue onwards)