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54-448: Each Mighty Machines episode focuses on a specific type of heavy equipment or work environment. Machines talk to viewers on screen to explain their jobs. Documentary footage of actual machines in action doing their day-to-day work is presented with voiceovers of the machines addressing the viewers. The children in the audience are invited to follow the machines during a typical day. They explain their abilities and their duties in detail over

108-477: A Canadian Airlines DC-10 jet, explains (and shows) his journey from the hangar to the terminal, before picking up passengers and taking to the sky. He also shows the viewers how he gets cleaned in the hangar. Many other aircraft are featured in the episode including a Canadian Airlines Boeing 737 (misnamed as an A320 ) who carries a talking suitcase named Sammy, a British Airways , Air Canada , and Lufthansa Boeing 747 , an American Airlines Boeing 757 and

162-419: A Caterpillar 245 hydraulic shear excavator shows viewers around a demolition site and how he demolishes an old factory building with his shears. Crane, a stationary truck crane lifts out pipes and a motor from the building. Dozer, a Caterpillar 973 tracked loader smooths the roads in the demolition site. Dynamite is used to collapse two water towers and a tall concrete chimney. Big Mack arrives to pick up

216-486: A Caterpillar front end loader, keeps the gravel piles in the yard tidy. Big Boy is loaded with concrete and takes his load to replace a road while Tiny, also a cement mixer, takes his load of concrete to a skyscraper under construction (same skyscraper in the "At The Construction Site" episode, the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre ). For Season 2, the scripts were written by Bill Freeman, and

270-412: A Peterbilt 379 semi-truck shows viewers how he gets hooked up to a refrigerated trailer , then he takes viewers out on the road as he travels to a Husky truck stop to get his fuel tanks filled up, deliver empty pallets, and pick up a load of carrots. Forky, a forklift unloads the empty pallets out of Big Hoss's trailer. Little Joe, a forklift loads carrots into Big Hoss's trailer. Big Hoss speaks with

324-609: A Van Diemen RF91 Formula Ford race car (driven by Martin Roy ) show viewers how race cars are transported to races, how race cars are prepared before a race, qualifying, racing against other racers, and making pit stops. The race in this version took place during the Esso Protec BFGoodrich Formula 1600 Series at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant , Quebec on September 24, 1995. Alex Tagliani

378-399: A Bobcat loader, Casey, a backhoe loader, Grader, a motor grader and Big Dude, a snowplow . 14. Deep Underground Ranger, Scoop, Cutter, Driller, Scaler and Crusher, a series of machines operating in a salt mine , explain how to find the salt , scoop it up, and carry it to the surface of the mine. Ranger, a jeep inspects while Driller pokes holes for explosives, Cutter digs the opening of

432-572: A Texan accent. This episode was filmed in the Greater Toronto Area mainly in Bradford, Ontario . 11. At The Garbage Dump A garbage truck named Trasher explains his job of collecting garbage in neighborhoods with Mario, his assistant. Later, Whitey, another garbage truck, explains the operations of the transfer station, showing how garbage is pushed down a chute and compacted into large semi trailers used for garbage transfer after

486-412: A Toronto city tours boat; a working replica of a square rigger ship and the two ferries that go to Toronto Island , all of which explain their use of operating in the harbour. Cranes named Hook and Claw play a role in unloading ships. Murphy speaks with an Irish accent. 5. At The Construction Site Big Cat, a Koehring excavator shows viewers how he and his friends help build a hospital from digging

540-704: A design that essentially created two faces at the front and back of the statuette. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media , dubbed the " Canadian Screen Awards ". The first annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013. International S series The International S series

594-461: A few others. An airport tug named Tug, a fuel tanker, and a people mover also explain their jobs. This episode is the series premiere. 2. At The Quarry Euclid, a Euclid R170 quarry dump truck shows how he and his brother Ernie, also a Euclid R170 quarry dump truck are loaded with rocks by LeTourneau, a LeTourneau L-1100 front end loader and bring the rocks from the quarry to a rock crusher, turning them into gravel . A gravel conveyor brings

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648-559: A standard-length hood, the S2200 was fitted with a widened cab (distinguished by a two-piece windshield). In 1982, the S2300 was introduced; the model line was essentially an S2100 with International diesel engines replaced with Cummins-sourced powertrains. 1978–1983 models As a running change during 1989 production, the S-series model line underwent an extensive revision. While

702-571: Is a range of trucks that was manufactured by International Harvester (later Navistar International ) from 1977 to 2001. Introduced to consolidate the medium-duty IHC Loadstar and heavy-duty IHC Fleetstar into a single product range, the S series was slotted below the Transtar and Paystar Class 8 conventionals. The IHC S series was produced in a number of variants for a wide variety of applications, including straight trucks, semitractors, vocational trucks, and severe-service trucks. Additionally,

756-905: The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada 's English-language television industry . The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom . First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award , the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented

810-558: The Keele Valley landfill in Vaughan . 12. At The Cement Yard Big Boy, a cement mixer truck , shows viewers how concrete is made and what it is used for. The cement yard receives a load of sand from Red, a Mack hopper semi-truck and a load of gravel from Blue, a Western Star hopper semi-truck who dump their loads into grates, the gravel is taken by a conveyor belt and the different sizes of gravel are sorted into piles. Sally,

864-966: The Saskatchewan Communications Network in Saskatchewan, and Knowledge in British Columbia. It also aired on Discovery Kids in the United Kingdom in 2005, on the now-defunct Qubo in the United States until August 31, 2014, and a French-language version airs on TFO in Ontario and on channels in Quebec. The episodes were put on direct-to-video tapes released by the Disney-owned Buena Vista Home Video in

918-610: The "At The Cement Yard" episode). The building under construction in Downtown Toronto is the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre , it was built as an extension to The Campbell Family Building which became part of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and was completed in 1995. The glass skyscraper SkyHook mentions is located at 777 Bay Street and was built in 1980. 6. At The Race Track 2 versions of this episode were made. The second version replaced

972-564: The 1994 Molson Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario on July 17, 1994. Emerson Fittipaldi was shown to have supposedly won the race but in reality Michael Andretti won the race. Footage of Alessandro Zampedri in his number 19 Mi-Jack Lola T93/00 race car during the 1994 Molson Indy Toronto was used for the show's intro. Second Version Yellow, a Vector Zetec Formula Ford race car (driven by Martin Guimont) and GoldStar,

1026-579: The Class 7/8 tractor series. The 2500/2600 severe-service truck were carried over, dropping their S-series badging prefix. Replacing the S1600 through S1900, the 4000 series was again produced in a number of configurations, with single and tandem rear axles, 4x4/6x6 drive options. Produced exclusively with diesel engines, the 4000 series was produced with the IDI V8 and DT360/DT466 engines. The 4000 series

1080-737: The International Tristar nameplate, the S series consolidated the aging Loadstar and Fleetstar trucks under a single product line. Tandem-axle (6x4) versions of the S series were named F-series trucks. The S1600, S1700, S1800, and S1900 were introduced in 1979. Replacing the International Harvester Loadstar model line, the model was produced in a number of configurations, with single and tandem rear axles, 4x4/6x6 drive options, and gasoline and diesel engines. The S-1800 and S-1900-were produced as both truck tractors (for semitrailers) and straight trucks, while

1134-399: The S series was produced in other body configurations, including a four-door crew cab, cutaway cab , cowled chassis, and a stripped chassis (primarily for school buses). The chassis was produced with both gasoline and diesel powertrains (the latter exclusively after 1986), single or tandem rear axles, and two, four, or, six-wheel drive layouts. The last complete product line designed within

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1188-399: The S series was used as a cowled chassis for bus manufacturers. Used primarily for yellow school buses in the United States and Canada, the S series also was used outside of North America as a basis to produce other types of bus bodies. Introduced in 1979, the bus variant of the S series was one of the final models designed by International Harvester before its transition to Navistar. In 1989,

1242-718: The S-1700 and S-1800 were used in the production of International Harvester bus chassis (primarily for school-bus use). Introduced in 1978 as the replacement for the Fleetstar, the S2100 and S2200 were joined by the severe-service S2500 and S2600, slotted below the International Paystar 5000. Configured primarily as tractors, the S2100s were fitted with a sloped hood. To accommodate larger-bore diesel engines under

1296-406: The S-series bus chassis was rechristened the 3000 series with the fitment of the new-generation Navistar cowl. Produced until 2004, the bus chassis outlived its truck counterpart by three years; its 25-year production run is the longest of any North American product ever sold by International Harvester or Navistar. The unrelated Australian ACCO cabover truck built under various guises by IH and IVECO

1350-527: The Ski Hill A number of snowmobiles and other ski hill machines explain how they are able to skim across the surface of the snow without getting stuck. All the groomers are busy at nighttime when the skiers have gone home because it is very dangerous when skiers are around while they work. This episode was filmed in Mont-Tremblant . 16. In The Sky! A blue and yellow biplane named Stearman visits an airshow . All helicopters report on what goes on at

1404-625: The U.S. All of the first three seasons' episodes are available on VHS and DVD, individually or in box sets. There is also a 60-minute VHS featuring all of the five-minute episodes from season 1. The first six episodes of season 1 were written by Doug Atkinson and Fiona Zippan (Denzey) while the remaining episodes were written by Bryan A. Auld. Credited voice actors of season 1 are Loredana Cunti, Tim Brown, Jennifer Martin, Noah Segal, Joel Cohen, Greg Blanchard, Gord Rutherford, Claire Rothman, Arthur Holden, John Metcalfe, and Steve Murphy. 1. At The Airport At Toronto Pearson International Airport , DC,

1458-624: The airshow. Old fashioned and modern-day airplanes appear in this episode. This is one of three episodes filmed outside Canada . 17. In the Forest Feller, a Feller Buncher machine, explains how he cuts only marked trees in the forest . Skidders then explain how they skid logs to the log loader, which demonstrates its agility between loading logging trucks . 18. At the Sawmill Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by

1512-464: The cab structure was retained, the interior and exterior underwent a complete redesign. To optimize aerodynamics, the model line was given a lower hoodline and closer-fitting fenders (with halogen headlamps and wraparound turn signals). An all-new dashboard received a redesigned instrument panel along with a two-spoke steering wheel. During its production life, the second-generation vehicles had few major changes. From 1989 to its 2001 discontinuation,

1566-595: The category of "Best Children's Program or Series". Mighty Machines first aired as a production of Malofilm , the first season in 1994 — 1995, second in 2004, and third in 2008 (done by Loten Media, and distributed by Seville Pictures). Most of the episodes were filmed in Toronto, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. The show aired on The Family Channel, TVO , Treehouse TV and other channels in Canada, including Access in Alberta,

1620-409: The construction materials to where they're needed, George, a semi-dump truck who brings sand to the construction, Boomer, another mobile crane who helps set up wall molds for Skinny to dump concrete into, and Putt Putt, a mini dumper who helps build concrete floors. Meanwhile in Downtown Toronto two tower cranes named SkyHook and Carmen help build a skyscraper that is almost finished (same skyscraper in

1674-403: The course of the episode. Each machine is given its own personality and they often hold conversations with one another as they work. Unlike most documentary-style shows, there is no external narrator. All of season 1 episodes were done in two formats for the airing: 22-minute full episodes and five-minute excerpts for use as filler. Mighty Machines was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1996 in

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1728-501: The demolition segment of it had not been shown yet. 8. At The Train Yard Two Canadian Pacific SW1200RS switchers and a Canadian National GP38-2 road switcher named Shunty, Diesel, and Freddie explain how work goes on in the train yard, including switching, putting the cars on the right train and transporting materials long distances. Spike and his tie gang maintain the rails to keep them safe for

1782-491: The demolition was completed in June 1994, the administration building was preserved and is now used as the head office for building and real estate group FRAM + Slokker who redeveloped the area starting in 1999 and completed in 2011. A portion of this episode was filmed on June 19, 1994. Some of the footage used for the episode is not in chronological order, the tall concrete chimney can be seen already demolished in some shots despite

1836-458: The existence of International Harvester, the S series was produced in its original form through 1989. During 1989, the S-Series underwent a major revision and was split into multiple model lines. After 2001, International phased in product lines based upon the "NGV" architecture; severe-service and bus chassis variants produced through 2003 and 2004, respectively. The S-series model designation

1890-401: The exterior remained nearly unchanged; in 1992, Navistar changed the design of the instrument panel, updating the entire interior in 1995. For 1989, Navistar split the S-series model line into three distinct model families, all sharing the same cab structure. The 4000 series was the medium-duty truck range (the 3000 series bus chassis replaced the "Schoolmaster"), with the 7100/8100 serving as

1944-429: The first version in circulation because the alcohol and tobacco company sponsors in the episode were deemed inappropriate to be seen by the show's target audience. First Version Blue, a Reynard 94I race car (driven by Jacques Villeneuve ) shows viewers how race cars are transported to races, how race cars are prepared before a race, qualifying, racing, and making pit stops. The race in this version took place during

1998-525: The foundation to building the walls. Big Cat’s job is digging the foundations. Other members of the construction company include Skinny, a mobile crane who helps build concrete walls by dumping concrete into molds using a concrete hopper, Treads, a bulldozer, Charlie, a concrete mixer truck who brings concrete to the construction site, Mallory, a forklift who moves construction materials around the construction site and works with Lurch, another mobile crane who unloads construction materials off trucks and also brings

2052-475: The gravel to a gravel pit where an unnamed Volvo BM L180 front end loader loads the gravel into trucks that deliver the gravel to where it's needed. 3. In The City Little Mac, a small municipal first-generation Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck , from the City of Toronto shows viewers how the city streets are cleaned. The featured machines that do this include Dusty, an FMC Vanguard 3000 street sweeper who sweeps

2106-506: The grille, the word "International" across the top of the grille was replaced by a red Navistar "diamond" logo alongside "International" in red at the bottom right of the grille. Inside, the IHC "tractor" logo on the steering wheel was replaced by a Navistar diamond logo. In a major shift, for 1987, International became the first truck manufacturer to produce a medium-duty product line powered exclusively by diesel engines. Originally intended to use

2160-562: The medium-duty S series at an event at the New Orleans Superdome. The initial lineup consisted of heavier-duty 2200, 2500, and 2600 models (28,000-45,000 lb gross vehicle weight rating - GVWR), replacing the Fleetstar. In the summer of 1978, lighter-GVWR models (replacing the Loadstar ) were released for sale. The 21 models of the full lineup had a high degree of parts interghangability; this standardization helped lower

2214-572: The mine, Scoop, a front loader picks up the rocks, Scaler, a wheeled continuous mining excavator with a wall scraper scrapes off all of the salt. Loader then dumps it into Dumper. After all the salt has been dug up, it gets loaded on a conveyer belt into a cargo ship named Selene to be taken to the public works to be used for icy roads. This was filmed in Goderich Harbour, Ontario at the Sifto Canada salt mine on Lake Huron . 15. At

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2268-524: The number of parts used by 30%. Following the discontinuation of the IHC pickup-truck line in 1975, the S series was designed with a model-specific cab, replacing the pickup-truck cab used for the Loadstar (designed for the 1957 A series). More vertically oriented than its predecessor, the design was much wider, as well. To lower maintenance costs, all windows in the cab were designed with flat glass, including

2322-505: The one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. The awards' name was an allusion to Castor and Pollux , a mythological pair of twins ; this was in reference to Canada's linguistic duality of English and French, with the Academy's separate awards presentation for French-language television production named the Gémeaux Awards . The statuette, designed by Toronto artist Scott Thornley, evoked twins through

2376-437: The roads, Vacuum Vic, a Navistar International S2500 vacuum truck who cleans out sewers, Gusher, a Ford CT8000 street sprinkler semi-truck who sprays water on the roads. Other machines doing work around the city include Stumper, a mobile chainsaw who obliterates stumps and a Ford F-Series boom truck named Stretch with a shredder named Chipper, who trims trees. At the yard, a Case W20C front end loader named Jaws picks up

2430-474: The scrap metal from the demolition site. Grapple, a Komatsu hydraulic claw excavator loads scrap metal into Mack. This episode was filmed at the former St. Lawrence Starch Company factory in Port Credit , Mississauga which was located at Hurontario Street and Lakeshore Road East. The factory permanently closed on March 31, 1990. The demolition was done by Teperman and took approximately 8 months to complete,

2484-414: The street garbage to load into The Dump Truck Brothers to take to the dump. The main location is the public works city garage. 4. In The Harbour Murphy, a Toronto Police boat, takes viewers out into Toronto Harbour to show many of his harbour friends, including Blackie and Thor, two large freighters ; William Lyon Mackenzie , a fireboat ; and Flo and Merryweather, a couple of ferry boats Oriole,

2538-549: The trailer of garbage is picked up by Big Red, a garbage transfer truck. The story continues at the dump where Big Red, Pee-Wee, a bulldozer, and Spike, a compactor explain how the landfill works. Scoop and Pee-Wee spread the garbage out after Big Red unloads it. Spike squashes the debris and Pee-Wee finishes it by smoothing the dirt out. This episode was filmed at the Disco Transfer Station in Etobicoke and

2592-526: The trains to run on. 9. At The Fire Hall King, a Mack ladder truck shows viewers how his ladders and tiller work, while Pumper, a pumper truck shows how the hoses work. Sparky, a fire hydrant supervises them and delivers water for the hose practice. The episode also features some members of the North York Fire Department doing their training exercise. This was before North York merged into Toronto . 10. On The Road Big Hoss,

2646-546: The voice actors are Edward Daranyi, Santo Lupo, Christopher Quinn, Patte Rosebank, Tanya Schneider, Chuck Vollmar, Alan Bacchus, Suzanne Hersh, Oliver Svendsen, and Hannah Cheesman. 13. In the Snowstorm Buzz, Stretch, and Ranger, a snow removal crew in Montreal , go out to clear the streets after a big snowstorm . The different tasks involved in this process are detailed by Blower, a snowblower machine, Bobcat,

2700-473: The windshield. Similar in style to the tilting hood introduced for the Loadstar in 1972, all S-series trucks were given a tilting fiberglass hood. The S series was produced throughout the 1980s, largely unmodified, and 1987 marked several changes to the S-series trucks. To reflect the corporate transition of the company from International Harvester to Navistar International, S-series trucks received changes in their badging (alongside all International vehicles). On

2754-489: Was first used by International Harvester during the 1950s. During 1955 production, the R series model family underwent an update, with International renaming its light-duty and medium-duty trucks the S-series. The model designation was used through 1957, when International introduced the A-series model family as an all-new design. In April 1977, International Harvester unveiled

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2808-679: Was produced through 2001, when it was replaced by an all-new 4000 series (formerly replaced by the International DuraStar, now the International MV). Replacing the S2100 and S2300, the 7100 and 8100 were introduced in 1989; the wide-body S2200 was not replaced. Configured nearly exclusively as tractors, the 8000 series was powered by the Cummins L10 diesel; the 7100 was a variant powered by the DT466. The 8000 series

2862-563: Was produced through 2001, when it was replaced by an all-new 8000 series (now the International Transtar). Again slotted below the Paystar, the 2500 and 2600 severe-service trucks dropped their S-series prefix. During the 1990s, the set-back axle 2674 was restyled with the aerodynamic hood of the 8300. The 2500/2600 remained in production through 2003, outlasted only by the 3800 school-bus chassis. Throughout its production,

2916-435: Was shown to have supposedly won the race but in reality he finished the race in 5th place with a penalty while Andrew Bordin won the race, whether the shot of Alex Tagliani driving around the race track in his race car while holding a checkered flag near the end of the episode is from this race or a different race that happened on the same day is unknown. GoldStar is voiced by Arthur Holden . 7. At The Demolition Site Dino,

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