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Background information[]
Piper is a fictional electric steam locomotive created Sarah Ball.
She first appeared in the eleventh episode of the third season, Toot's New Friend.
Piper is based on the North Pacific Coast Railroad Cab-Forward 4-4-0 No. 21 "Thomas-Stetson", a rebuild of NPCRR #5 which had been wrecked in 1897.
She is painted orange and pink with a black cab roof and grey wheels.
CGI model[]
In 2010, Piper was modelled by Ludorum during the production of the third series. The model was modelled in either Sketchup or Maya, two 3D modelling softwares. The final model was animated in Maya.
Third series font perspective image
Third series perspective image
Third series promotional image
Fifth series height measurement sheet
Final render
Details[]
Bell and water tank
Chimney and whistle
Headlights and wipers
Tail-lights
Gauges
Switches and knobs
Boiler
Trainee plaque
Coupler
Wheels and coupling rods
Cylinders
- The trainee plaque that Piper receives in the third series episode, Wobbly Wheels, is of the original design that was retired during the production of the second series.
Voice actors[]
- Eve Bentley (UK/US; Seasons 3-4)
- Faith Delaney (UK; Season 6-present)
- Dakota Phillips (US; Season 6-present)
- Beatriz Singer (Brazil; Season 6 onwards)
- Maria Takaki (Finland)
- Isabelle Volpe (France and French speaking Canada; Seasons 3-4)
- Emma Luise Herrmann (Germany)
- Yōko Hikasa (Japan)
- Arelys González (Latin America; Season 3 only)
- María José Moreno (Latin America; Season 6 onwards)
- Kin Manangon (Los Angeles Spanish dub)
- Magda Kusa (Poland; Season 3-Chuggington: Little Trainees, excluding Toot Makes a New Friend)
- Lena Steciuk (Poland; Chuggington: Little Trainees, Toot Makes a New Friend only)
- Brygida Turowska (Poland; Season 6 onwards)
- Zhanna Nikonova (Russia)
- Pilar Puebla (Spain)