Chuggington

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Episodes

Characters

Train characters

Trainees

Main Trainees

• Wilson and Edward Sharpe in the UK, and Tony Terraciano and Jordan C. Reed, is a red locomotive based upon an EMD F-unit. His enthusiasm is opposed by his short attention span, and most of his adventures as of series 4 are in Chug Patrol.
• Brewster is a strong diesel-electric locomotive built for heavy loads. He is blue with yellow face; Brewster is similar to a BR Deltic diesel engine, but with a single end-cab. He is as of series 4 a member of the Chuggineers, the building team on Chuggington. He likes to haul heavy loads on pick-ups, 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.
• Koko, is an electric locomotive, modeled on the 0 Series Shinkansen. She is green, purple, and white, and was built for high speed, being one of the fastest Chuggers in Chuggington. She loves to explore and 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.

  Non-Advanced Trainees

• Hoot and Toot are twins. They are nearly always seen joined back-to-back, but in at least two episodes by strong pulling they manage to separate. Toot is aquamarine, female and has sky blue eyes; Hoot is blue, male and has green eyes – he is also red-green colourblind.
• Piper is a small orange, pink and black oil-fired steam locomotive whose face is in the rear instead of the front. 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 realizes her mistakes and does well in the end.

  Other train characters

First appearing in Series 1

• Hodge is a brown, six-wheeled Dandy Diesel resembling a Galloping Goose railcar. He normally works with Eddie the handyman and is a bit like a pick-up 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.
• Zephie is a young lime and brown direct drive system trolley car equipped with a scissor-lift trolley so she can lift and rotate her cab, which allows Eddie to work on things not normally accessible. She is particularly flighty and giggly.
• Old Puffer Pete is the elderly, oldest chugger in Chuggington, a black and red steam locomotive who is apparently 150 years old. Pete loves passing his wisdom on to the trainees or anyone who is willing to listen. He drives them mad with his endless stories, and can never seem to remember the chuggers' names, but they are very fond of him. He works at the central distribution centres for Chuggington: The Drop Load and Freight Yard. He is a cross between Union Pacific No. 119 and a DRG Class 62.
• Olwin is an older green and orange motherly steam locomotive resembling the British streamlined locomotive LNER Class A4, who refers to the "trainees" as her "little chugg-a-chuggs". Olwin's coal is stored just forward of the cab, while her water is stored inside of her boiler, making her a tank locomotive.
• Harrison is a large blue locomotive resembling a Union Pacific Railroad M-10003 series diesel, and along with Hanzo, and Koko, is considered one of the fastest locomotive in Chuggington.
• Irving is a medium sized dark red locomotive who handles the rubbish and recycling chores around the depot; he is proud to boast that nothing is thrown away in Chuggington.
• Dunbar is a lime and green large shunting locomotive. He is largely responsible for the training of the Chuggers: Hoot, Toot, and Piper. He is in a dark green livery, and is based on GM Electro-Motive diesel locomotives like the EMD GP38-2. He leaves Chuggington during Series 3, and is replaced by Skylar as the trainer.
• Calley is a small orange and green shunting locomotive who is sometimes seen shunting rolling stock. She is also a rescue chugger. She is Dunbar's assistant from Series 1-3 until she joined Jackman in Series 4 and became a member of the rescue squad Chug patrol. She loves rescuing more than anything and her catchphrase is "Breakdown Chugger coming through-oooooooo!
• Emery is the Rapid gray Transit locomotive often seen on elevated lines or in tunnels. He is based on the Urban Transportation Development Corporation Intermediate Capacity Transit System Scarborough RT-type electric locomotive. He likes tricking and harassing other trains into thinking that they have a problem. He is the only engine who 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. His right eye is green and his left eye is blue.
• Chatsworth is an older well-spoken white and gray locomotive who generally performs the same tasks as Harrison. He is based on a Baldwin Sharknose locomotive, Baldwin RF-16. He can overreact easily, for example, he thinks that if his horn or coupler are broken that he cannot drive! He also loves his spotless white paint and hates getting dirty!
• M'tambo is the yellow, camouflage and brown safari park ranger, he works around the safari park, giving tours to visitors. He speaks with an African accent.
• Frostini is the yellow and brown Italian ice cream train resembling the Pioneer Zephyr, popular with the children of Chuggington and seen by the trainees as very cool. He is normally seen handing out ice-creams or at the factory working on a creation. He is quite proud of his accomplishments and speaks English with an Italian accent. In many episodes, he has the most emotions than any other chugger - mostly due to his stress at work at the Ice Cream factory.
• Action Chugger is a yellow and orange superhero chugger resembling a KTX-Sancheon. He responds to emergencies after being informed that he is needed by a flashing red light on his nose. He can unfold parts of his sides into short wings, each with a jet motor under it, and fly. After flying, he always lands on a railway track. Action Chugger's flight range extends at least as far as low Earth orbit. He normally resides in Chuggington.

  First appearing in Series 2

• Speedy McAllister is a large fast purple steam locomotive in that appears based on the NYC Commodore Vanderbilt locomotive minus the tender. Speedy is somewhat gruff and blunt in character but means well and is helpful to experienced chuggers and trainees alike. He prefers more industrial jobs as opposed to those with a high degree of customer relations. He mans the Rocky Ridge Quarry and Rocky Ridge Mine, along with the human: Karen. Speedy's whistle is the deepest of the 4 steam locomotives in Chuggington. Speedy's voice in the UK is a Yorkshire accent but in the US it is Western.

  First appearing in Series 3

• Skylar is a large crane locomotive who has just completed training. His crane ends in a 2-fingered grab. He can use his crane and his side prop legs to flip himself end-for-end or onto an adjacent track. he bears a close resemblance to a GG20B Green Goat locomotive modified with a crane end.
• Decka is a double-decker tram built for heavy loads and passengers. She is brightly coloured and she has a big personality. She loves to incorporate her name into things, for example "It was a deckalightful day!"

  First appearing in Series 4

• Jackman is the chief of Chug Patrol and the bravest chugger on the tracks. With a twinkle in his eye and strong leadership skills, Jackman makes the perfect leader for all 4 of the chug patrollers!
• Asher is a large fire engine chugger. He is a member of the rescue squad Chug Patrol. Strong, brave, and reassuring, he takes care of the fires in Chuggington.
• Zack is the chief of the Chuggineers. This foreman is organised, hard-working, and extremely safety conscious, making him the perfect leader of the Chuggineer crew. Joined by his fellow team members Tyne, Brewster, and Fletch, this engineering team is responsible for all the heavy lifting, loading, and building of bridges, tunnels, and stations, as well as laying track and making repairs. He is based on a General Electric Dash 9.
• Tyne is a female Chuggineer who loves to blow up unneeded buildings, she says that she's "proud to be loud". Tyne also shares a friendly rivalry with her peer, Fletch.
• Fletch is a member of the Chuggineers, he is strong, and likes playing small jokes on other chuggers. Fletch also shares a friendly rivalry with his peer, Tyne.
• Hanzo is modeled from the E7 Series Shinkansen. He is the fastest chugger in Chuggington. Mentor to Koko, Hanzo is sleek, streamlined, and has a photographic memory. He believes there is no greater honour than transporting passengers quickly, but always safely, to their destination. Respectful, dedicated, and precise, Hanzo encourages fellow Speed Fleet chuggers to be the best they can through rigorous practice. He is always extremely punctual. He also has a calm peaceful tone when he speaks.
• Cormac is a forklift chugger who works with Pete in the Drop Load and Freight yard, the central distribution site for Chuggington. Besides working in the Drop and Load yard, Cormac has lots of jobs around Chuggington. He loves driving around and having adventures! He sometimes assists the Chuggineers and Speedy.
• Payce is a tunnel runner from Tootington, Chuggington's neighboring town. Like the speed fleet, Pace is faster than the speed of light. She is good friends with Koko, yet shares a small friendly rivalry with her. Her colours are most likely based on East Midlands Trains's livery and modeled after an E3 Series Shinkansen.

  First appearing in Series 5

• Daley is an Express delivery Chugger.
• Skipper Stu is a blue diesel who works at the docks.
• Hamish is a green diesel working at the Chuggington Harbour.
• Harry is an orange diesel working at the Chuggington Harbour.
• Russ is a yellow diesel working at the Chuggington Harbour.

  Other characters

Ambiguous

• Vee is the depot announcer and dispatcher, with speakers all over Chuggington, in the depot and in remote areas. She keeps everything running on time and to schedule. After giving the chuggers their tasks, her dispatch board shows the destination, and shows which coloured tunnel to take when leaving the depot. She can be stern with disobedient Chuggers. Vee has never been seen as anything other than her public address system. She may be a human, or a self-intelligent system similar to the chuggers.

  Humans

• Captain Charlie is the captain at Chuggington Harbour.
• Denzel is Mayor Pullman's nephew.
• Dr. Gosling is the safari park vet.
• Dr. Ling is the resident scientist and researcher in Chuggington. She often develops various inventions for the chuggers to test out.
• Eddie is the depot handyman who turns his hand to all manner of tasks, including track maintenance and fixing signals and points. He currently lives in a caboose, similar in appearance to Morgan's house, close to Chuggington. He used to live with his parents some distance away, and was frequently late to work, but the trainees found an abandoned caboose and Morgan fixed it so Eddie could live in it.
• Felix is the farmer in Chuggington.
• Howie is the control person at the Working Wheels yard where chuggers get refuelled/cleaned/get their jobs for the day.
• Jenny is a young girl who's the rightful owner of Zip, a puppy that Koko finds and wants to keep. Jenny is happy when Koko brings Zip back to her, and says that Koko can visit him any time she wants.
• Karen is a lady who works at rocky ridge quarry along with the steam engine: Speedy McAllister
• King of Buffertonia sometimes visits Chuggington. He has been taken on tours by M'tambo, Old Puffer Pete, Harrison and Koko.
• Linda works at the printers. In one episode, she's awaiting Wilson's delivery of special paper, and in another, she commissions Wilson to take various pictures for a poster about Chuggington.
• Lori is Morgan's assistant at the Repair Shed, and was also tasked with cleaning engines before the arrival of the chugwash. She is apprenticed to Morgan, and attends college.
• Magnificent Mysterioso is a magician who's performed different tricks in some episodes.
• Mayor Pullman is the mayor of Chuggington.
• Morgan is the Senior Mechanic at the depot, in charge of the Repair Shed. He lives in a house that looks like a caboose in Chuggington yard.
• Mr. Knot is Mayor Pullman's assistant.
• Mr. Simkins is an inspector from the "Ministry of Chuggers". He's a very serious person and gets startled whenever he hears a train horn or whistle. He comes to Chuggington to test Wilson, Koko, and Brewster on their passenger carrying abilities in one episode.
• Nurse David is a nurse from Chuggington Hospital. He once talked to the trainees about what ambulance chuggers and nurses do.
• Rag Barnstable is a reporter for the Chuggington Gazette.
• Snap is a photographer for the Chuggington Gazette. He works with Rag.
• Vicky is a safari park ranger, and looks after the animals.

  Animals

• Banana, a naughty monkey at the safari park. Once he stole mailbags from Brewster.
• Dragon, a small frog with a three note croak and one of the safari park's newest additions. Brewster was initially scared of him, having heard his croak echoing in a tunnel and thinking he was a dragon.
• Ebo, an elephant at the safari park. He is often mischievous, but is a good friend to the trainees.
• Peckham, a dog at the repair shed. He belongs to Morgan.
• Twiga, a giraffe at the safari park. In one episode, Koko must keep watch as Twiga is preparing to give birth.
• Zip, a small dog that Koko finds and wants to keep. She names him Zoomy, though later finds out that his name is Zip upon returning him to his rightful owner.

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