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Mr. Gilbert Perkins, also referred to as Driver Perkins is a driver on Sodor. Mr. Perkins helps out Sir Topham Hatt, all of Sodor's engines and the drivers. He has been featured on several DVDs from 2010 to 2017. He also presented the Down at the Station segments for 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.
Biography
Mr. Perkins is an engine driver for the North Western Railway. He commonly educates viewers about various different things and also tells stories from The Railway Series.
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.