Millie

"Bonjour!"

- Millie, The Switch, seventeenth season

   Millie   Millie is Sir Robert Norramby's private French steam engine.
 * Builder: Decauville
 * Configuration: 0-4-0WT

Bio
Millie is a bubbly French engine who is owned by Sir Robert Norramby and runs on narrow gauge lines. She lives and works at Ulfstead Castle where her duties include assisting the groundskeeper and taking visitors on tours of the estate. For this, she has her own open-topped carriage. While the Earl was travelling the world, Millie stayed in her shed at the castle.

Millie once swapped jobs with Luke. Although she struggled to adjust to start with, she ended up loving the Blue Mountain Quarry, although she was pleased to return to her own job at the castle and even more pleased to have made friends with Luke.

In the eighteenth season, Millie told Percy that his trucks were ready, but questioned if he should be coupled up first. She later helped with the building of The Dinosaur Park.

Persona
Millie is a narrow gauge engine. She has worked on the Earl of Sodor’s Estate Railway for many years. She is very loyal to the Earl and her relationship is like that of a personal servant. They have fun together and are as close as many friends, but there is also a certain formality to their relationship. Millie is a youthful, fun-loving, friendly engine who is full of spirit, and can be fiery when crossed. But she is also fair-minded and never spiteful. That said, she will take it upon herself to teach an uppity engine a lesson, should she feel the need. She always wants to do the best by the Earl and will defer to his judgement in all things, but when it comes to other engines, she has a mind of her own.

Basis
Millie is based on Decauville 0-4-0 well tank No. 8069 "Tabamar", built in 1911. Unlike her basis, Millie has a rear coal bunker.

Livery
Millie is painted French blue with white lining, a golden running board, boiler bands and wheel spokes, and Sir Robert Norramby's crest on her cab sides.

Television series

 * Season 17 - The Switch, Too Many Fire Engines (cameo), Santa's Little Engine (cameo), and The Afternoon Tea Express (cameo)
 * Season 18 - Missing Gator and Millie and the Volcano

Specials:
 * King of the Railway

Magazine stories

 * 2014 - The Switch (speaks in speech bubble only) and Leaves on the Line! (does not speak)

Voice Actors

 * Miranda Raison (UK/US)
 * Sonja Stein (Germany)
 * Anna Gajewska (Poland)
 * Minako Saito (Japan)
 * Sarah MacDonald Berge (Norway; King of the Railway onwards, excluding the seventeenth season)
 * Marit Berg (Norway; seventeenth season only)
 * Blanche Ravalec (France and French speaking Canada)
 * Annie Rojas (Mexico)

Trivia

 * Millie is the second character to speak a different language, the first being Victor.
 * Millie has the same whistle sound as Lady.
 * She is the first female narrow gauge engine in the series.
 * While Millie and her basis have rear buffers, they do not have any on their fronts.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * Take-n-Play
 * Wind-up Trains
 * TrackMaster (cancelled)