List of Pride of the Southern Pacific Characters

Pride of the Southern Pacific is a spinoff of the 1992 American TV Series “The Stories of Southern Pacific”. It features Daniel E. Hunter telling stories about when his grandfather ran the yard in the 1950s, featuring two anthropomorphic trains owned by two rival railroads, which were the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.

## Southern Pacific

### Frank

Frank is a Southern Pacific S-12 (running number #1276) who worked with the Southern Pacific from the 1930s to the late 1950s. He was assigned to do yard switching or sometimes pull small freight trains. He has a tendency to be somewhat cheeky at times, but is strong-willed, and it takes a lot to break him. He is quick-witted and takes action swiftly without hesitation. He can stand up to bullies and is always willing to set aside his own safety for the sake of others. He could be short-tempered at times, but he can listen to the advice of the older, bigger engines. He speaks with a teenage New York accent. Frank was sold to a heritage railway in 1960.

Frank was voiced by Robert Paulsen in the original US Dub.

### Eric

Eric is a Southern Pacific S-12 (running number #1225) who also worked with the Southern Pacific. He was a switcher mainly used for yard switching but also had pulled short freight trains. He was very cheeky at some times and even pranked the bigger engines, only for them to get back at him. He is quick-witted and takes action swiftly without hesitation. He is generally level-headed and cheerful, and takes on most jobs with little complaining. Eric spoke with a Philadelphia accent. Eric was scrapped in 1958.

Eric was voiced by Adam Garcia in the original US Dub.

### Hudson

Hudson is a Southern Pacific 4-10-2 “SP-2” locomotive (running number #5023) who is tasked with pulling heavy freight trains along with George. Hudson is a cool-headed fighter. He speaks with a clear, soft tone and received pronunciation, but his words are often hard. Hudson is famously known for referring to his colleagues as "m'dears", "old darlings", and "sweetheart". In the late 1950s, he was bought by a heritage railway and runs excursions nowadays.

Hudson was voiced by Ken Berry in the original US Dub.

### Chris/Christopher

Christopher (more known by his short-form Chris) was a 4-8-4 GS-1 (running number #4404) who works on the mainline. He is one of the railway’s strongest and biggest engines, having his main task pulling the express from Los Angeles to El Paso, at times, this leads him to feel superior, although he was also used for freight service, much to his disliking, as he believes that these are below him. Chris was scrapped at an unknown date, but presumed it was 1957.

Chris was voiced by Kris Kamm in the original US Dub.

### Mark

Mark is a Southern Pacific GS-6 “War Baby” (running number #4466) who was used for both freight and passenger services, but he was mainly used for freight. He speaks with a deep-toned Manhattan accent He usually works with her older sister Addison and sometimes Nathan. He is extremely hardworking, despite the fact that his inherent clumsiness often leads to problems. He is loyal, strong-willed, and determined, and never gives up. He is also sometimes clever, when he caught Eric falling for he and the big engine’s prank on him. Mark has even done some thing to make him a valuable member of Mr. Hunter’s team. Mark was sold to a heritage railroad with Hudson in 1958.

Mark was voiced by Ed Gilbert in the original US Dub.

### Addison

Addison is another Southern Pacific GS-6 “War Baby” (running number #4460) who speaks with a Long Island accent. She was used for both freight and passenger services, despite this, she like to pull freight cars more often. She occasionally works with her little brother, Mark. Even though Mark’s clumsiness sometimes frustrates him, she still respects and cares for him. She also stands up for Mark if anyone makes fun of him.

Addison was voiced by Moira Harris in the original US Dub.

### Nathan

Nathan is a Southern Pacific 4-6-2 (running number unknown) who, along with Hudson, Chris, Mark and Addison usually work on the Main Line. He is very uppity and snobbish and tends to look down on most locomotives, especially the Unionies. He also believes he is the best locomotive in the Southern Pacific. Despite his personality, he is hard-working, means well, and rarely is seen caring for the rest of his team. He is proven his ability when he held up a road bridge to allow Zachary through. Nathan speaks with a posh New York accent. Nathan was scrapped in 1958.

Nathan was voiced by Daren Carlyle in the original US Dub.

### Vince

Vince is a Southern Pacific 2-8-2 (running number #3251) who speaks with a neutral Midwestern accent. He is a mixed-traffic engine. This means he can pull both freight and passengers. He is often never seen, as he was constantly forgotten by the crew. Despite this, his model, along with all the other TSOSP/POTSP models are preserved at the Central Illinois Heritage Railroad at Charleston. Vince was scrapped in 1957.

Vince was voiced by Lew Anderson in the original US Dub.

### George

George is a 4-8-8-2 AC-12 “Cab Forward” (running number #4294) who used to haul heavy freight trains on the mainline. He can be described as big and strong. He can do a variety of tasks, although his unique design could get the better of him and cause troubles. George speaks with a Miami accent. He also is currently preserved at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, California.

George was voiced by Stanley Anderson in the original US Dub.

### Elizabeth and Grayson

Elizabeth and Grayson are two EMD E7 Passenger Diesels (running numbers #6003 for Elizabeth, #6001 for Grayson) who work together by taking the Sunset Limited from Los Angeles to New Orleans. They were both saved from scrap in the 1980s and as of today, they pull excursion trains together. Despite their age, they are wise locomotives and act as grandfatherly figures to the younger engines. Both of them speak with a California accent.

Elizabeth is voiced by Mirabel Jemima, while Grayson was voiced by Alan Stanford in the original US Dub.

### Westley

Westley is the prototype diesel of the EMD SD7 built for the Southern Pacific (running number #4405) in 1950. He works as a maintenance diesel but he would pull small freight trains sometimes. He is currently still in service to this day because of his condition. He speaks with a Midwestern accent (with a noticeable lisp).

Westley was voiced by Douglas Arlen in the original US Dub.

## Union Pacific

### Brandon

Brandon is a 4-10-2 “Overland” (running number #5900) locomotive. He is a mixed traffic engine, meaning he can pull both passengers and freight, although he likes to pull freight more often. Brandon is looked up to in fear from most of the other locomotives. However, though being able to generally get what he is looking for, Brandon is depicted as a very pragmatic locomotive, who will be devious only as far as common sense and necessity allows. He was scrapped in 1962.

The majority of the episodes portray him as a leading antagonist in some way. Although he is undoubtedly the most intelligent Unionie, his plans usually end up backfiring: either through the incompetence of the other Unionies or his own overconfidence. Brandon has shown to regularly employ switchers John and Alan to carry out his operations, which more often than not results in dire consequences.

Brandon was voiced by Oliver Jameson in the original US Dub.

### Bernard

Bernard is a 4-10-2 “Overland” (running number #5020) who is a mixed-traffic engine, meaning he can pull both passengers and freight. Bernard is one of the more complex characters, an easy going locomotive who winds up the Souther’Pacificies for a reason or another, mean and vindictive on the outside, but on the inside there is much to his personality.

In this episode "The Great Storm", Bernard is bullied into helping two evil diesels, but he feels guilty about it, and his guilty conscious leads him to help the Souther’Pacificies on a couple of occasions. Frank suggests he joins the Southern Pacific but he refuses. Bernard’s lighter side was never examined again in the series, but it was in another form of media which stated his owner was Mr. Hunter, meaning it would have been expanded on in Season 3.

Bernard was voiced by Colin Augustine in the original US Dub.

### Fred

Fred is a 4-6-2 “Pacific” (running number #2893) who is also a mixed-traffic engine. Fred has been seen as a second-in-command to Brandon. His role is not as prominent as the only Unionies- the only episodes in which he plays a major role are "Relations", when he befriends Nathan after he gets saved by the latter after his regulator got jammed, and "Whistles and Bridges", when he was trying to guide Bernard while being his helper unit. He is quite a sinister character- he relishes the idea of blowing up any Tug who gets too near him in "The Dockside Fire", and in "Special Visitor", he offers to cut up Chris for scrap. He was scrapped in 1958.

Fred was voiced by Ben Maltingsdale in the original US Dub.

### John

John is a 0-6-0 “S-6” (running number #4466). He is a yard switcher locomotive, meaning he usually does yard switching but also can pull small freight trains. He mainly works with Alan, and likes to think of himself as the intelligent one. He comes up with devious plans for him and Alan to use (although the plans usually fail). He is sneaky, cowardly and he needs the other Unionies around for courage. John is a scheming sort of engine, though his plans rarely if ever work as planned. John is intimidated by the main Unionie Brandon and has a tendency to be somewhat nervous and jittery around him. John was sold to the California Railroad Museum and he currently lives there.

John’s most prominent appearances were in the in the final episode of Season 1 "The Christmas Party", when he and Alan blocked Frank and Eric with boxcars in a siding, mistakenly believing they were going to steal a Christmas Tree contract from Brandon, and in the Season 2 episode "Trapped", when part of his coal train he was hauling got hit by a landslide, causing the train to derail and the line to be blocked.

John speaks with a Russian accent and was voiced by Anthony Carlisle in the original US Dub.

### Alan

Alan is another 0-6-0 yard switcher (running number #4439) who does yard switching and also can pull small freight trains. He works alongside John on minor contracts such as hauling small freight trains. Alan is often described as “John, but worse”. His head is always in the clouds, and he is well known for being a coward. He is easily scared and sometimes speaks out of turn, as well as being quick to back down when engaging in an argument, and is easily dominated. Alan currently lives in the Travel Town Park in Griffith Park.

Alan was voiced by Colin Augustine in the original US Dub.

### Zachary

Zachary is a 4-8-4 “FEF-Series” (running number #806) express locomotive. He has a rivalry with the Souther’Pacificies’ express engine, Chris. Zachary can be quite rude to the Souther’Pacificies. Despite that, he has a good friendship to the Unionies. Unlike Chris, he actually always shunts his coaches despite still disliking it in a similar manner to Chris. Zachary was scrapped in 1962.

Zachary was voiced by Devin Harland in the original US Dub.

### Ethan and Ernest

Ethan and Ernest are two 4-8-2 “MT Class” (running numbers #5515 for Ethan, #5516 for Ernest) twin engines who are mainly used for pulling freight trains. They are practical, peppery, proud, and level-minded, but, despite their maturity, they enjoy playing practical jokes and have been known to impersonate one another in the past. Sometimes, they get a little bit grumpy. They have a rivalry with Hudson. They were both sold to a Heritage Railroad.

Their major roles were mainly in Season 2. They had a prominent appearance in “Trouble with Twinning” when Ethan and Ernest get mad at each other when Ethan hits a truck and derails, but they make up for it when Ethan falls off a jetty and into the sea. They had another role in “Stuck!” when they were taking a rescue train to Santa Maria, when they both get stuck in a huge snowdrift blocking the line. After many failed attempts, they were freed by the most unexpected way.

Both were voiced by Finn Goodwin in the original US Dub.

### Stewart

Stewart is a 4-6-6-4 “Challenger” (running number #3967) who hauls heavy freight trains on the mainline. He is the rival to George, but unlike the rest, he, along with John, Ethan and Ernest. Stewart is the most friendly out of all the Unionies. He is a very pleasant engine, ready to help out and is also very strong (despite having hard time starting up in The Runaway). However, he was scrapped in 1962.

Stewart was voiced by Eugene Barton.

### Geoff

Geoff is a EMD GP7 (running number #125) who does railroad maintenance and sometimes he is seen being used as a power unit. He knows how to hold his own and tends to stand for no nonsense from any engines that might get ideas above their station and try to order him or others about, but he can be rude sometimes.

His main roles were in “The Dockside Fire” when he helped try to put out the fire, and in “Trouble with Twinning” when Ethan worked with him at the Harbor without Ernest after the accident.

He was voiced by Kyle Daxton in the original US Dub.

### Jack

Jack is a EMD F7 engine who usually pulls freight trains. He takes pride in working for the Union Pacific. He takes a hefty dislike to the Southern Pacific, especially their steam fleet. He believes that diesels are superior to steam engines in every possible way, though he was able to tolerate his railroad's own steam fleet. He hates switching, as his cowl body makes it difficult.

Jack and his friend Owen had two major roles. He had his first in “Relations” when they tried to block Nathan from passing the Union Pacific yard, attempting to frame him for “trespassing”. Their second is “Runaway Train”, when they were the main focus, when he and Owen were pulling Stewart’s train, his driver set his throttle on full and fell out of him, leaving them traveling down the mainline at maximum speed.

He was voiced by Winston Denholm in the original US Dub.

### Owen

Owen is another EMD F7 engine who also pulls freight trains. Like Jack, he takes pride working for Union Pacific.

He and two major roles. In ”Relations”, he commanded Jack to block Nathan’s way. In “Runaway Train”, he was with Jack when his driver left him while he was moving.

He was voiced by Rodney Gayle in the original US Dub.

## Supporting Characters

### Rafael

Rafael is a fast 4-8-4 GS-6 (running number #4462) steam locomotive who takes extreme pride in his passenger assignments. He believes that all passenger trains are important and is determined not to let diesel locomotives do his job better. He can be a little cocky and vain, but otherwise, he's a good friend to the engines of Mr. Hunter. In his debut episode, he takes Mr. Hunter on the Sunset Limited back to Los Angeles before No.6018 could even get started.

He was voiced by Louis Warwick in the original US Dub.

### Laura

Laura is a 4-8-2 “MT Class” (running number unknown) who used to work with Chris with the express train service when they were younger. Her first appearance is in “Special Visitor”, when she replaced Chris after the latter had his side rods snap off. She appears again in “Chris’ Chicago Trip”, when she reunites with Chris and No.6018 at Chicago, and double-heads a train back to Houston, where they fetch Big Bob the Rotary Snowblower in “Snow Tracks”. She appears in the last 3 episodes of Season 2 of POTSP.

She was voiced by Brynn Gretchen in the original US Dub.