Chuggington, also known as Chuggington: Tales from the Rails in series 6, is a British animated television series aimed at pre-school children, produced by Ludorum plc and Herschend Entertainment Studios. It is broadcast on the BBC's CBeebies channel in the United Kingdom, Disney Jr. in the United States, and other channels internationally. Production consisted of six series, running from 2008 to 2021.
Setting In the fictional city of Chuggington are young novice anthropomorphic railway locomotives, called "Trainees", Koko, Wilson, and Brewster. The trainees and sometimes the more experienced locomotives learn the value of loyal friendship, telling the truth, listening carefully, persisting under adversity, completing tasks, resolving conflict without violence and similar values. The locomotives, called "Chuggers", are intelligent, empathetic, independent and somewhat self-directed. They have mobile facial and body features (i.e. other than Olwin, all chuggers have eyebrows that resemble windscreen wipers). Chuggers have no drivers, yet some engines have crew doors that can be opened. Chuggers regularly interact with humans such as passengers and maintenance staff. Some chuggers are modelled after well-known real world locomotives from various countries.
The city of Chuggington has a central area of large modern buildings. Side-by-side railway tunnels, coloured red, blue, yellow and green run out of the main depot and go beyond the city, leading to the outside world. The four rail lines lead to four different places; the blue line is to a large quarry with a system of mine tunnels, a green line which runs through the countryside, a red line which runs to a harbour and port, and the yellow line which runs through the city centre and to the neighboring town of Tootington.
Episodes
Characters Wilson, Brewster, and Koko are the main characters in Chuggington.
Young trainees
Main Name Description Voiced by (UK) Voiced by (US) Wilson A red diesel-electric hybrid chugger whose enthusiasm is opposed by his short attention span and most of his adventures as of the fourth series are in Chug Patrol as an advanced trainee. He is one of the three main protagonists in the series. His catchphrase is "Let's ride the rails!" Morgan Overton (first, second and third series)Edward Sharpe (fourth and fifth series)Teddy West (sixth series onwards) Tony Terraciano (first, second, third, fourth and fifth series)Jordan C. Reed (sixth series onwards) Brewster A strong, blue and yellow diesel chugger built to pull heavy loads. He is as of the fourth series a member of the Chugginers, the building team on Chuggington. He likes to haul heavy loads on pickups and often picks up too much load. Other chuggers may rush when given a task, but Brewster asks questions if he is unsure. He is dependable, respectful and can be relied on when there is trouble. His catchphrase is "Honking horns!" Charlie George (first, second and third series)Toby Baddeley (fourth and fifth series)Harry Reeve (sixth series onwards) Miles J Harvey (first, second, third, fourth and fifth series)Jacks Dean (sixth series onwards) Koko A green, white, and purple electric engine who was built for high speed, being one of the fastest chuggers in Chuggington and serving as a part of the city's "Speed Fleet" since the fourth series. She loves to explore, have adventures and to challenge her friends to a dare or a race. Although she can get into mischief, she always means well and knows when to apologise. Her catchphrase is "Traintastic!" Imogen Bailey (first, second, third, fourth and fifth series)Alyssa Burton (sixth series onwards) Brigid Harrington (first, second, third, fourth and fifth series)Madigan Kacmar (sixth series onwards)
Non-advanced Name Description Voiced by (UK) Voiced by (US) Hoot and Toot Two conjoined twin diesel-electric trainees who are nearly always joined back-to-back, but in at least two episodes by strong pulling they manage to separate. Their catchphrase is "Hoot and Toot are ready to scoot!".Chuggington episode Hoot v. Toot Tommy Romer Lee (Hoot; second, third, fourth and fifth series) Mihira Philip (Toot; second and fifth series) Beau Robertson (Hoot; sixth series onwards)Matilda Majilton (Toot; sixth series onwards) Ben Hudson (Hoot; second to fifth series) and Tori Feinstein (Toot; second and fifth series)Ethan Cutillo (Hoot; sixth series onwards)Vivian Watson (Toot; sixth series onwards) Hodge A custom-built one of a kind, and a brown six-wheeled chugger built from hodge-podge parts. He normally works with Eddie and is a bit like a pickup truck. He is also often tasked with taking the rubbish to the recycling yard. With his "seen it all" attitude, it takes a lot to get Hodge excited. His catchphrase is "T'rrific!" Arthur Lee (first five series)Lawrence Matthews (sixth series onwards) James Lukens (first five series)Gideon Modisett (sixth series onwards) Emery A grey electric multiple unit passenger chugger often seen on elevated lines or in tunnels. He likes tricking and harassing other engines into thinking that they have a problem. He often carries an additional carriage or truck with him permanently, although in at least two episodes, he disconnects his carriage to go faster. He often announces his actions with transit announcements. He has heterochromia iridium. In the Polish dub, he is female and named Emilia. He has most English voice actors of all characters, with 6. His catchphrase is "This chugger is ready to depart!" which he uses when exiting a station. Jordan Clarke Troy Doherty (first and second series)Hugh Reynolds (third series)Jake Tanner (fourth and fifth series)Austin Connelly (sixth series onwards)Dylan Curtis (Odd Train Out) Zephie A young scissor-lift lime green and brown chugger who can lift and rotate her cab which allows Eddie to work on things not normally accessible. She is particularly flighty and giggly. Her catchphrase is "Yippee!". Jadie Rose Hobson (first, second, third and fourth series)Lola Shepelev (sixth series onwards) Isabella Palmieri (first, second, third and fourth series)Lily Sanfelippo (sixth series onwards) Piper An orange cab-forward steam engine and the newest trainee. In her first episode, Old Puffer Pete says that she runs on vegetable oil. In another episode we find out that Piper can be mischievous. Though she means well, she is very inexperienced and won't often take time to think, but realises her mistakes and does well in the end. Eve Bentley (first, second, third and fourth series)Faith Delaney (sixth series onwards) Eve Bentley (first, second, third and fourth series)Dakota Philips (sixth series onwards) Tai A purple trainee shunter from Zheng-Chu who works at the Docks. She reuses Calley's model from the first & third series. Mia Lakha Angelica Hale
Adult chuggers