Cyril

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Cyril is a fogman who lives in a small old cottage in Misty Valley. Aside from being a fogman, he has also been shown to be a lighthouse keeper and farmhand.

Biography

When there is fog about, Cyril puts detonators on the tracks to warn the engines. One time, he was replaced by a foghorn but saved the day when the foghorn caused a landslide with its vibrations, which crushed it and made Thomas crash. Cyril was soon given his job back and has proven to be useful.^[1]

Cyril once worked with Farmer McColl on McColl Farm.^[2] Cyril was also a lighthouse keeper.^[3]

One foggy day, a series of near misses and accidents led to Sir Topham Hatt inviting Cyril to Knapford. There, he reintroduced rail detonators to the engines and set them up, using Philip to demonstrate how they work. Thanks to these detonators, the engines were able to work without worrying about having an accident. However, Samson mistook them for fireworks and ran away in fright, going faster out of surprise at each detonation.^[4]

Personality

Cyril is an expert when it comes to the dangers of fog. He is always cautious and wants to keep the engines of Sodor safe from any possible harm.

Attire

Cyril wears a brown suit with a green sweater, a white button shirt, a red tie and a brown flat cap.

Appearances

Thomas & Friends

Series 6 - Harvey to the Rescue (cameo), No Sleep for Cranky (stock footage cameo), The Fogman, It's Only Snow (cameo), Scaredy Engines (cameo), Percy and the Haunted Mine (cameo), James and the Red Balloon (cameo), Gordon Takes a Tumble (cameo) and Thomas the Jet Engine (cameo)
Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches (cameo), Percy Gets it Right (cameo), Bill, Ben and Fergus (cameo), Toby's Windmill (cameo), Salty's Stormy Tale (cameo), Snow Engine (cameo), Something Fishy (cameo), The Runaway Elephant (deleted scene cameo), Peace and Quiet (deleted scene cameo), Bulgy Rides Again (cameo), Gordon and Spencer (cameo) and Three Cheers for Thomas (cameo)
Series 8 - Henry and the Wishing Tree (cameo) and Gordon Takes Charge (cameo)
Series 9 - The Magic Lamp (indirectly mentioned)
Series 10 - The Green Controller (cameo), Seeing the Sights (cameo), Big Strong Henry (cameo), Thomas' Frosty Friend (cameo) and Thomas and the Treasure (cameo)
Series 11 - Thomas and the Lighthouse, Smoke and Mirrors (cameo) and Toby's Triumph (cameo)
Series 12 - Thomas and the Billboard (cameo)
Series 21 - Oliver's Fear of Fireworks (episode rewritten for twenty-second series)
Series 22 - Samson and the Fireworks and Seeing Is Believing (cameo; fantasy)
Series 24 - World of Tomorrow (cameo)

Specials

2008 - The Great Discovery (cameo)

Music Videos

Series 6 - Winter Wonderland
Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed and The Whistle Song
Series 8 - Emily, Surprises, A World Around You and Ode to Gordon
The Great Discovery - Thomas, You're the Leader

Magazine Stories

2003 - A Foggy Friend
2004 - James and the Red Balloon (cameo), and Bertie and the Race (cameo)
2007 - Seeing the Sights (cameo) and Thomas' Frosty Friend (cameo)
2008 - Thomas and the Lighthouse! (cameo)

Voice Actors

Kerry Shale (UK/US)
Ryōichi Tanaka (Japan; sixth series only)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu (Japan; eleventh series only)
Kunihiro Kawamoto (Japan; twenty-second series only)
Raymundo Armijo (Latin America)
Maksymilian Michasiów (Poland)
Gerhart Hinze (Germany)
Jarmo Koski (Finland)
Salvador Serrano (Spain)
Mauro Gasperini (Brazil)
Christian Damsgaard (Denmark)

Trivia

During the twelfth series, when the human characters in Thomas & Friends were recreated into CGI, Cyril was one of these humans. However, as of the thirteenth series, this model seems to have been repurposed into a generic old male passenger. When Cyril returned in Samson and the Fireworks, Cyril's CGI model was a modified version of this same model, likely to differentiate between the two characters.
Cyril's figurine used to be on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
Cyril was originally going to return during the twenty-first series with the cancelled episode, Oliver's Fear of Fireworks, the cancelled episode was later re-worked into Samson and the Fireworks.
His close-up scale figures were sold in the Propstore's Thomas & Friends Online Charity Auction 2025.