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Background Information[]
Porter is a fictional saddle tank locomotive created by Andrew Brenner and Sam Wilkinson.
In 2013, Porter made his debut in the seventeenth series episode, Away From the Sea. His last appearance was in the twenty-fourth series episode, Thomas' Animal Friends, which was released in 2021.
Porter is voiced by Steven Kynman in the UK and David Menkin in the US in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively.
Porter is based on the H.K. Porter 0-6-0ST.
Behind the Scenes[]
CGI Model[]
In 2012, Porter was created from scratch in CGI by Nitrogen Studios, then transferred to Arc Productions for the seventeenth series. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.
Texture Variant[]
In addition to his standard livery, another texture variant of Porter's CGI model exists. This texture variant include:
Voice Actors[]
- Steven Kynman (UK; seventeenth - twenty-third series, excluding Pouty James and Cranky at the End of the Line)
- David Menkin (US; seventeenth - twenty-third series - UK; Pouty James and Cranky at the End of the Line only)
- Oliver Hörner (Germany)
- Miłogost Reczek (Poland)
- Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Japan; seventeenth - twenty-third series, excluding Thomas the Quarry Engine)
- Ryuzou Ishino (Japan; Thomas the Quarry Engine only)
- Moisés Iván Mora (Latin America; Away From the Sea and The Smelly Kipper; Pouty James onwards)
- Misael Martínez (Latin America; Gone Fishing - Henry Gets the Express)
- Anders Sundstedt (Norway; seventeenth series only)
- Simen Sand (Norway; Tale of the Brave only)
- Stan Limburg (The Netherlands)
- Nir Ron (Israel)
- Caio César Nunes (Brazil; seventeeth series - twenty-second series)
- Dado Monteiro (Brazil; twenty-third series)
- Fernando Castro (Spain)
- Juha Paananen (Finland; Tale of the Brave only)
- Petrus Kähkönen (Finland; Confusion Without Delay only)
- Markus Niemi (Finland; twenty-second series onwards, excluding Confusion Without Delay)
- Alexander Kotov (Russia; seventeenth series only)
- Denis Bespaliy (Russia; eighteenth series only)
- Anton Savenkov (Russia; nineteenth series onwards)
- Evgeniy Valc (Russia; singing voice)