Annie and Clarabel/Behind the Scenes

Background Information
The coach that was to be the basis for Annie was first built by a teenage Wilbert Awdry as part of a model railway layout. Many years later, after a long hiatus from modelling, a brake coach was built to match so that the Reverend's Thomas model would have a complete train and it would be called Clarabel.

Television Series

 * Annie and Clarabel went through several aesthetic changes in the television series:
 * Series 3:
 * Annie's front bufferbeam was raised to the same level as her rear one and Clarabel's; prior to this, it had been lowered down to accommodate Thomas' abnormally low buffers.
 * Series 5:
 * They became significantly weathered, due to their models being in poor shape.
 * In Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday, they were repainted, lost their weathering, they received grey roofs and their buffer shank housings became red.
 * Hero of the Rails:
 * They increased in length and height; now being as tall as Thomas' cab.
 * The tops of Annie's end windows became slightly curved inwards while Clarabel's remained straight.
 * Their orange-brown liveries became more vibrant.
 * Series 13:
 * Annie and Clarabel's eyelashes disappeared.
 * Series 14:
 * Some episodes featured their eyelashes back.
 * Series 15:
 * Their eyelashes returned fully.

Voice Actors
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Annie

 * Shelley-Elizabeth Skinner (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Teresa Gallagher (UK/US; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Tomoko Naka (Japan; first-eighth series)
 * Saori Gotō (Japan; ninth - eleventh series)
 * Sakura Yoshioka (Japan; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Julia Holmes (Germany)
 * Renate Pichler (Germany; Audio Books only)
 * Marianne Westby (Norway; Blue Mountain Mystery - Tale of the Brave, excluding the seventeenth series)
 * Lena Meieran (Norway; seventeenth series only)
 * Krystyna Kozanecka (Poland; Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series only)
 * Zuzanna Galia (Poland; Tale of the Brave only)
 * Agnieszka Kunikowska (Poland; eighteenth series onwards, excluding Cautious Connor)
 * Anna Apostolakis (Poland; Cautious Connor only)
 * Blanche Ravalec (France and French speaking Canada; seventh series onwards)
 * Norma Iturbe (Latin America; Blue Mountain Mystery - Not So Slow Coaches)
 * Olga Hnidey (Latin America; Tale of the Brave - Samson at Your Service)
 * Ana Teresa Ávila (Latin America; The Adventure Begins onwards)
 * Mia Kadosh (Israel)
 * Marjolein Algera (The Netherlands)
 * Mariana Zink (Brazil)
 * Olga Kuznetsova (Russia; seventeenth series onwards)
 * Susa Saukko (Finland; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Paqui Horcajo (Spain)
 * Anna Cugini (Italy)
 * Vina Papadopoulou﻿ (Greece)

Clarabel
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 * Shelley-Elizabeth Skinner (Thomas and the Magic Railroad)
 * Teresa Gallagher (UK/US; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Chisato Nakajima (Japan; first - eighth series)
 * Saori Gotō (Japan; ninth - eleventh series)
 * Sakura Yoshioka (Japan; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Margrit Strassburger (Germany; Blue Mountain Mystery only)
 * Monika Hein (Germany; King of the Railway and seventeenth series only)
 * Marion von Stengel (Germany; Tale of the Brave onwards)
 * Marion Martienzen (Germany; Audio Books only)
 * Marianne Westby (Norway; Blue Mountain Mystery - Tale of the Brave, excluding the seventeenth series)
 * Marit Berg (Norway; seventeenth series only)
 * Ewa Serwa (Poland; Blue Mountain Mystery - seventeenth series)
 * Lidia Sadowa (Poland; eighteenth series onwards)
 * Blanche Ravalec (France and French speaking Canada; seventh series onwards)
 * Ruth Toscano (Latin America; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Talya Barkay (Israel)
 * Marjolein Algera (The Netherlands)
 * Claudia Victoria (Brazil)
 * Olga Kuznetsova (Russia; seventeenth series onwards, excluding Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure)
 * Susa Saukko (Finland; Blue Mountain Mystery onwards)
 * Paqui Horcajo (Spain)
 * Laura Amadei (Italy)
 * Vina Papadopoulou﻿ (Greece)