Sesam Stasjon Sesam Stasjon is the Norwegian co - production of " Sesame Street " . The show is set in a train station , and features four original Muppets . The big walk - around Muppet is Max Mekker , a shaggy blue monster who works as a repairman at the station . Another monster , Alfa , works at the store and helps out at the cafe . Bjarne Betjent is the ticket master , and the show has added a new Muppet - - Py , a little red monster who hatched from an egg left on the train . The cast also includes two human characters - - O . Tidemann , the genial station master , and Leonora Dorothea Dahl , a former world - famous singer who now works at the station . History . In 1987 , NRK approached Children ' s Television Workshop about the possibility to make a Norwegian of " Sesame Street " . In 1989 , an agreement was reached between NRK and CTW . and the production of " Sesam Stasjon " began in September 1990 . As part of the preparation for the show , Kermit Love traveled to Norway in June 1990 to teach the Norwegian puppeteers . The first episode aired on NRK on February 25 , 1991 . In the beginning , the plan was to produce 77 episodes all written by Eyvind Skeie . In 1992 , Skeie left the production after finishing his contract of 77 episodes . At the same time , NRK told that they wanted to make another 250 episodes to run through 2006 . However , the series would not survive that long . NRK decided that the resources used to produce " Sesam Stasjon " could be used better elsewere , so NRK decided to pay CTW to get out of the contract , that would end in 2001 . NRK ended up producing 243 episodes ( including the advent series from 1992 ) , with the last episode aired in the spring of 2000 . However , " Sesam Stasjon " stayed on the air in reruns until 2004 . The exterior set was built around Lørenskog Train Station , that was provided from the Norwegian railroads ( NSB ) . The station was built in 1901 by architect Paul Due . A tower was added to the building . The station was modified again in August 1991 . This time , the inside of the station was changed and opened for the public , so that kids could walk around inside the station . There were also live appearances by the cast and . In 2003 it was decided to change the station back to the original look . NSB provided two modified train engines from 1940 of the type EL . 10 . ( El10 . 2504 and El10 . 2508 ) , these engines was used on the show . Two other and more powerful train engines ( Di2 . 827 and DI2 . 839 ) were also painted with the " Sesam Stasjon " colors . These trains were not used on the show but was used as passenger trains around Norway . The passenger cars were painted BFV1 cars , restored Donnerbüchse ( Thunderbox ) cars that had been abandoned in Norway by the German army after the second world war . There were also some open passenger cars that were used during the summers , these cars were made out of cargo cars also called Gs cars . Some of the episodes were like mini - series ; the storyline would continue where the last episode left off . One of these longer stories was about how Alfa entered a contest to write a television show . She wrote about her life at Sesam Stasjon , and she won the contest . The entire station was invited to NRK , so they could talk about the show . In a later episode , a TV crew from NRK arrived to shoot the TV show using actors to play Alfa and her friends . These " actors " were the walk - around suits , that were built for live appearances . Around August 1992 , there was talk about creating a Norwegian version of Sesame Place , due to the popularity of the touring stage show and the passenger trains . NRK would not be able to fund the project , but the Children ' s Television Workshop positive towards the idea and negotiations began , three parks in Norway showed interest in the idea as well : Tusenfryd in Vinterbro , Kongeparken in Stavanger and Hunderfossen in Lillehammer , however the park never happened . NRK negotiated a deal with Sesame Workshop , to make four episodes available on their webtv platform in 2016 . See also . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _