Slate Trucks/Behind the Scenes

The Railway Series
The Slate Trucks were characters who appeared in the Railway Series and were created by Wilbert Awdry. They fit into the category of Troublesome Trucks.

They fist appear in the Railway Series book, The Little Old Engine, which was published in 1959. They last appear in New Little Engine, published in 1982.

Television Series
In 1995, the Slate Trucks were introduced in the fourth season of Thomas the Tank Engine &amp; Friends.

Close-up model
A larger scale model of the Slate Truck was built for production of the fourth season. These were required for scenes where the trucks had to interact with the close-up scale figures.

The close-up scale models were usually not built as complete models. Unlike the O gauge counterparts, the slate truck's close-up model was painted light brown.

Season 4 close-up model

This model only appeared in the fourth season episode, Trucks.

CGI models
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Voice Actors

 * Chisato Nakajima
 * Yasuhiro Takato
 * Tomohisa Asō
 * Hisao Egawa
 * Ryōichi Tanaka