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Mr. Gilbert Perkins, also referred to as Driver Perkins, is an engine driver for the North Western Railway. He is the host of the Engine Driver segments featured on several DVDs from 2010 to 2013. He also tells stories from The Railway Series and presents the Down at the Station segments in the seventeenth series (repeated alongside the eighteenth and nineteenth series) under the title Mr. Perkins' Railway. Mr. Perkins' segments came to an end following Ben Forster's death on 2nd January 2017.
Personality
Mr. Perkins is a kind, helpful person. He always follows orders from The Fat Controller. He also sometimes does have doubts, or makes mistakes during the Engine Driver Lessons.
Appearances
Engine Driver Segments
Mr. Perkins' StorytimeMr. Perkins' Postcards |
Voice Actors
- Fred Meijer (The Netherlands; voiceover)
- Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. (Latin America; voiceover)
- Mieczysław Morański (Poland)
Trivia
- The common room segments were filmed in a studio in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.
- The hand-knitted scarf, worn by Perkins in Mr. Perkins' Soccer Match, is preserved by the Top Props preservation group, after it was sold by The Prop Gallery.
- Mr. Perkins has said that he normally drives Thomas, but he has also driven Gordon, James, Percy and Diesel.
- His favourite sandwiches are both stinky Sodor cheese & tomato and stinky Sodor cheese & pickles.
- In Henry and the Elephant, it was revealed he is married to Mrs. Perkins.
- His first name, Gilbert, was only mentioned in Mr. Perkins' Trainee.
- His jacket is numbered #111.