29 September 2008 – present
Chuggington (also known as Chuggington: Tales from the Rails) is a children's computer-animated television series produced by Ludorum plc (Season 1-5) and Herschend Entertainment Studios (Season 6-present). It is broadcast on the BBC children's channel CBeebies and other channels internationally. It has recently been announced that a new series of episodes were released on Disney Junior on June 29, 2020.
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Storyline
In the fictional town of Chuggington are young novice railway anthropomorphic locomotives ('trainees') Koko, Wilson, Brewster, Hoot, Toot and Piper. The trainees 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. Chuggers have no drivers (yet some have opening crew doors). Chuggers regularly interact with other humans such as passengers and maintenance crews. The town of Chuggington has a central area of large modern buildings. Side-by-side railway tunnels coloured red, blue, yellow, green under the town centre lead to the outside world. Countryside settings include a farm, a safari park, and a quarry. A ‘Chugston Hotel’ is mentioned. "Old Chuggington", an abandoned old town overgrown with wild vegetation, is visited.
TV Show Intro
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, Air Brake Hiss Truck PE079201
- Hollywoodedge, Air Brake Hiss TruckH PE079501
- Hollywoodedge, Elephant Trumpeting PE024801 (Heard often in "Wilson and the Elephant" and "Wilson's Wacky Tour.")
- Hollywoodedge, Fart 1 Medium Fart Clo PE138901
- Hollywoodedge, Firetruck Horn Blast CT061401 (Used as Calley and Tai's horns.)
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140501 (Heard twice in "Winter Whiteout.")
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Creaks Machine FS015801
- Hollywoodedge, Rooster Crow Typical AT086301 (Heard once in "Clunky Wilson".)
- Hollywoodedge, Train Air Whistle An BFX031101 (Used as Old Puffer Pete's whistle.)
- Hollywoodedge, Train Exterior Persp PE064701
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Freight Tr TE046002
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Freight Tr TE046003
- Hollywoodedge, Train Horn Loud Echoe TE046001
- Hollywoodedge, Train Long From Dista PE064401
- Hollywoodedge, Truck Air Horn Numero PE270701 (Heard in a high pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Truck Brakes Brake Sq TE047902
- Sound Ideas, BALLOON - BALLOON AIR SQUEAK, 05 (Heard once in "Bubbly Olwin," in a low pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, CROW - COMMON CROW: CALLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, CROW, COMMON - CALLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, JAPANESE QUAIL - CALLING, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, OWL - CALLING, ANIMAL 01 (Heard once in "Koko on Call.")
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, OWL - CALLING, ANIMAL 02
- Sound Ideas, BELL, RAILROAD - RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNAL BELL: RINGING
- Sound Ideas, CAVERN - EERIE HOLLOW CAVE: VARIOUS ECHOEY NOISES, AMBIENCE (Heard once in "Old Puffer Pete's Tour." and "Eddie Finds Time.")
- Sound Ideas, COUNTRY, DAY - BIRDS, CRICKETS, STEADY BREEZE, AMBIENCE
- Sound Ideas, FOREST, NIGHT - NIGHT TIME CRICKETS, OWL, AMBIENCE, ANIMAL, INSECT
- Sound Ideas, HORN, BOAT - TUG BOAT HORN: ONE LONG AND TWO SHORT BLASTS (Used as Wilson's horn in a normal pitch, and Brewster's in a low pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, INDUSTRY, HYDRAULIC - ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC MACHINE: UP FULL, FACTORY
- Sound Ideas, SWAMP, NIGHT - HEAVY FROG AMBIENCE, BIRDS, MARSH
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, CROSSING BELL - RAILROAD CROSSING BELL: RINGING 01
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, DIESEL - TRAIN, DIESEL, FREIGHT, LONG, PASSING, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, Train, Diesel, Arriving With Horn, Alarm (Heard throughout season 1)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, HORN - DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE: SOUND HORN, LONG (Used as Irving's horn.)
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, MANY BLASTS, CLOSE UP
- Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, SINGLE, CLOSE UP 03
- Sound Ideas, TRUCK, HORN, AIR - TWO BLASTS FORD 02 (Used as Dunbar's horn.)
- Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FACTORY WHISTLE, LARGE FACTORY (Heard once in "The Extra Mile", "Sleepyhead Koko", and "Not From Around Here".) (Used for Vee's wake-up alarm during the Tales from the Rails series.)
