- “Solid!”
- ―Zack's catchphrase
Zack is the leader of the Chuggineers. He was first introduced in the Season 4 episode, Rescue at Rocky Ridge.
Biography[]
Zack joins Chuggington to head up the Chuggineers. This foreman is organised, hard-working and extremely safety conscious, making him the perfect leader of the Chuggineer crew and mentor to Brewster. Joined by his fellow team members Tyne and Fletch, this engineering team are responsible for all the heavy lifting, loading and building of bridges, tunnels, stations as well as laying track and making repairs.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
Zack is an Electro-Motive Division (EMD) DDA40X "Centennial", built specifically for the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) from 1969 to 1971. As of today, Centennial 6936 is the only operational member of the class and is used in both excursion service and occasional revenue freight service. On 28 April 2022, Union Pacific has donated 6936 to the Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA), based in Silvis, IL.
Livery[]
Zack is painted blue with white stripes, red base, and an orange caution stripe between two big white caution stripes. He also has caution stripes on his front plough, backplate, and the left and right sides of his fuel tank and on top of where the headlights are above the engine.
Appearances[]
Chuggington
- Season 4 - Rescue at Rocky Ridge, Wilson's Forest Flare, Stop Koko Stop!, Brewster Makes Tracks, Chief Wilson (mentioned), Back Up Brewster, Track Laying Brewster, Explorer Koko, The Old Silver Mine Line, Brewster Leads the Way, Winter Whiteout, Snow Patrol, Fearless Wilson, Blazin' Wilson, On Track Brewster, We Are the Chuggineers, Team Trainee, The Tootington Tunnel, Iron Chuggers and Round Up Wilson (cameo)
- Season 5 - First Responder Calley (cameo), Sinkhole Rescue, Cormac Patrol (indirectly mentioned), Tour Guide Harrison, Delivery Challenge, Skipper Stu and the Steam Crane (dropped), Chug Patrol Chief and Fletch Shines
- Season 6 - Wilson's Broadcast Blues (mentioned), Not From Around Here, The Mighty Koko, The Fast, The Strong and The Wilson (cameo), Brewster's Greatest Gift (indirectly mentioned), Action Chugger's Day Off, The Great Chugger Caper, The Trainee and the Tree and Superstar Brewster
Specials
- Season 4 - Chug Patrol: Ready to Rescue, Chuggineers: Ready to Build and Snow Rescue
- Season 5 - Delivery Dash at the Docks and The Big Freeze
- Season 6 - Chugging Home for the Holidays and Celebrate Chuggington
Discover Chuggington: All Aboard!
- Chugging Home (cameo) and Brewster's Song (does not speak)
Videos
- 2013 - Chug Patrol: Ready to Roll (cameo)
- 2014 - Chuggineer Chant
- 2018 - Koko & Brewster's Express Delivery
- 2020 - Rail Safety Tips (cameo)
Trivia[]
- During production, he went through a couple different names: "Mack" and "Boyd". His basis was also, at one point, planned to be an Electro-Motive Division (EMD) DDA40X.
- In German, he is called "Max".
- A lot of Zack and Fletch's texture and details were reused for a lot of the buildings, chuggineering wagons and other machines used during the production of the fourth season.
- As seen in some promotional art, production photos and merchandise prototypes, Zack was originally going to have bright blue eyes. They were changed to brown shortly afterwards.
- Zack's horn is Jackman's at a lower pitch.
- Zack is the only original member of the Chuggineers to still appear on the show, as neither Fletch nor Tyne have appeared since the fifth season episode Fletch Shines.
- Zack, Fletch and Tyne are the only chuggers to date with a Co-Co wheel arrangement.
- Coincidentally, all of them are members of the Chuggineers.
Horn[]
Merchandise[]
- StackTrack (discontinued)
- Chuggington Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Jazwares (discontinued)
- Plarail (discontinued)
Trainees | Diesel | Brewster | Tai |
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Diesel-electric | Wilson | Hoot and Toot | |
Electric | Koko | |
Steam | Piper | |
Other Chuggers | Diesel | Calley | Hodge | Chatsworth | Irving | Mtambo | Frostini | Skylar | Jackman | Tyne | Fletch | Asher | Skipper Stu | Harry and Hamish | Rosa |
Diesel-electric | Dunbar | Harrison | Zack | |
Electric | Emery | Decka | Hanzo | Payce | Daley | |
Steam | Old Puffer Pete | Olwin | Speedy | |
Other | Zephie | Action Chugger | Cormac | Russ | |
Members | |
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Zack | Tyne | Fletch | Brewster | Rosa | |
Equipment | Ballast Wagon | Welding Wagon | Crane Wagon | Digger Wagon | Chuggineer Flatcar | Cutting Wagon | Demolition Wagon | Magnet Wagon | Tipper Wagon | Tunnel Boring Machine | Tower Crane |