Mike/Behind the Scenes

The Railway Series
Mike is a fictional miniature gauge tender locomotive created by the Rev. W. Awdry. He lives and works on the Arlesdale Railway.

He first appeared in the Railway Series book, Small Railway Engines, which was published in 1967. His last appearance was in Wilbert the Forest Engine, published in 1994.

Front of Mike:

Mike is based on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's River Mite.

Television Series
In 2015, Mike was introduced in the special, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, along with Bert and Rex. Their appearances marked the first production since the fourth series to introduce engines from the Railway Series as new characters.

Mike is voiced by Tim Whitnall (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively.

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, Mike was modelled in full CGI by Arc Productions for the 2015 film, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Mike's CGI model has a few changes from his original Railway Series design. These include:
 * Red wheels;
 * A grey running plate;
 * He now has a brakepipe and a lamp-iron.
 * He gained a headlamp above his smokebox;

Voice Actors

 * Tim Whitnall
 * Tomohiro Tsuboi
 * Kiyonobu Suzuki
 * Waldemar Barwiński
 * Stan Limburg
 * Sergio Gutiérrez Coto
 * Christian Strempler
 * Dor Srugo
 * Gadi Levy
 * Bjørn Eivind Aasland
 * Constantin von Westphalen