Bertie/Behind the Scenes

The Railway Series
Bertie is a fictional red bus who works on  Thomas' Branch Line. He is owned by Sodor Roadways. Bertie created by the Rev. W. Awdry. He first appeared in The Railway Series book, Tank Engine Thomas Again, which was published in 1949. Bertie is based on a AEC Regal "T Class" London Country Area bus. ​​​​​​

Television Series
In 1984, Bertie was introduced in Series 1, of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

Regular model
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Close-up model
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CGI model


Voice Actors

 * Kevin Frank (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Keith Wickham (UK; Misty Island Rescue onwards, excluding Big World, Big Adventures)
 * Kerry Shale (US; Misty Island Rescue onwards, UK; Big World, Big Adventures singing voice)
 * Gerald Schaale (Germany; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Kai-Hendrik Möller (Germany; Misty Island Rescue - sixteenth series)
 * Burkhard Schmeer (Germany; seventeenth series onwards)
 * Thorsten Weber (Germany; Audio Book 4 only)
 * Philipp Schmidt (Germany; Audio Book 8 only)
 * Yūki Satō (Japan; second - eighth series)
 * Wataru Hatano (Japan; Calling All Engines! onwards, excluding Big World! Big Adventures!)
 * Nozomu Sasaki (Japan; Big World! Big Adventures! only)
 * Christoffer Staib (Norway; Misty Island Rescue - fifteenth series)
 * Waldemar Barwiński (Poland; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Alexander Heeren (The Netherlands)
 * Edson Matus (Latin America; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Jorge Santos (Latin America; Thomas and the Magic Railroad; TV Version)
 * Daniel del Roble (Latin America; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Aryeh Cherner (Israel; Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Nir Ron (Israel; fifteenth - seventeenth series)
 * Juan Navarro Torelló (Spain)
 * Tony Marot (France and French speaking Canada; sixth series onwards)
 * Petri Hanttu (Finland; Misty Island Rescue onwards)
 * Haris Grigoropoulos (Greece)