Description: George Duke Trio "It's On" Live at Java Jazz Festival 2010 George Duke Trio performs "It's On" live at Java Jazz Festival 2010 - March 6th, C1 Hall JiExpo Kemay
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In Thomas & Friends , the Island of Sodor is home to a narrow gauge railway in the hills. These lines and the engines who work on them are some of the oldest on the island. The narrow gauge railway has some contact with The Fat Controller's standard gauge engines , but the location of the railway leaves the little engines in relative isolation.
Victor is a dark red Hispanic tank engine in charge of the Sodor Steamworks . He supervises all the engines who journey in and out of the workshops, as well as Kevin , the clumsy yard crane. Victor always has a helpful, constructive disposition and is good-humored with everyone he meets. He speaks with a Cuban accent and spoke Spanish when he first came to Sodor.
Victor was introduced in the feature-length special Hero of the Rails . The show's staff were researching real-life engine workshops as inspiration for the Steamworks when they learned that one had a self-contained narrow-gauge line, used to transport parts internally. The staff decided they wanted an engine with a cab, and chose as a prototype ALCo 's #1173, which was specially built for a sugar plantation line in Cuba . Some artistic licence was taken, as the original #1173 is a standard gauge locomotive.