Fernando is a teal diesel shunter who works on a railway in Brazil.
Biography
Fernando was first seen at Guanabara Bay when Sir Topham Hatt was looking for Thomas. He told him that he saw the tank engine taking coffee to San Francisco. He then proceeded to dance along to the music after Topham was dragged away by a group of people taking part in the carnival.
Fernando was seen pulling a train through the docks as Thomas, Raul, Gabriela and Cassia were playing with a beach ball. Raul proceeded to send the ball flying into one of his trucks.
Thomas encountered Fernando when he was delivering machine parts. The diesel complimented Thomas on the sounds that his moving parts were making, saying that he had a good rhythm going and suggested that he go to the carnival.
Personality
Fernando is very polite and tries to be helpful to anyone he meets. He seems to have a habit of pointing out when someone repeats him, and will say "That's what I just said!" whenever they do so.
Technical Details
Basis
Fernando is based on a British Rail (BR) Class 08 diesel-electric shunter. In the real world, BR Class 08s were in fact the most successful shunting engines in the world with 996 of them built. Over seventy of them are preserved by heritage railways, such as the Dean Forest Railway and museums, such as the National Railway Museum. Around one-hundred BR Class 08s also remain in service on the national rail network.
Diesel, 'Arry, Bert, Splatter, Dodge, Paxton, Sidney, Ulli and the Mainland Diesels are also based on BR Class 08s along with the international orange, blue and Chinese diesels. Two BR Class 08s also appear in the Railway Series.
Livery
Fernando is painted teal and light grey with teal straps across the top of his bonnet. He has red wheels, a red headlamp and black and yellow hazard stripes on his front.
Appearances
Thomas & Friends
Specials
Videos
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Voice Actors
- Gabriel Porras (UK/US; Big World! Big Adventures! - twenty-third series)
- Kunihiro Kawamoto (Japan; Big World! Big Adventures! only)
- Kento Shiraishi (Japan; twenty-third series only)
- Gabriel Ortiz (Latin America)
- Ángel Amorós (Spain; Big World! Big Adventures! only)
- Carlos Moreno (Spain; twenty-third series only)
- Ingo Mess (Germany)
- Tuukka Leppänen (Finland)
- Ricardo Vasconcelos (Brazil; Big World! Big Adventures!)
- Alessandro Imperador (Brazil; twenty-third series)
- Anton Savenkov (Russia)
- Bolla Róbert (Hungary)
Audio Files
Horns
Fernando has a lower-pitched version of Paxton's horn.
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Series 24 | Series 24 |
In Thomas & Friends: Adventures!, Fernando reuses Flynn's horn.
| First used | Last used | Sound Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas & Friends: Adventures! | Thomas & Friends: Adventures! |
Trivia
- Fernando's model is a modified version of one of the Mainland Diesels.
Gallery
Thomas & Friends
CGI Series
Promotional Images
Miscellaneous
Behind the Scenes
| Locomotives | Raul | The Brazilian Tank Engine | Gabriela | Marcia and Marcio | Fernando | Gustavo | |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling Stock | Gustavo's Coaches | |
| Non-Rail Vehicles | Cassia | Emerson | |
| Locations | Real Landmarks | Amazon Rainforest | Rio de Janeiro (Docks) |
| Fictional Landmarks | Gustavo's Express Line | The Brazilian Station | The Brazilian Goods Yard | The Eucalyptus Plantation (First Station, Second Station) | |