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Jul 20, 2020 · It raises some obvious questions about how the train was built, what it runs on, and, most importantly, what route Snowpiercer takes? How Long is the Snowpiercer Train? The Snowpiercer train is 10-mile long (16 km). The ark train with 1001 cars was designed in a way to allow passengers to endure for years.
Jun 30, 2020 · In Season 1 Episode 7, we got to see the train’s full route, and it’s beautiful. Here’s a look at photos and screenshots from those scenes, as we prepare for SEason 2. Check out these photos of #Snowpiercer's train map and its full route around the world. #SnowpiercerTV Share on X.
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- Overview
- History
- "Around and around the Earth we circle. We can never stop."
- Timeline of Major Events
- Population and social structure
- Snowpiercer Crew
- Engineering
- Train sections and design
- Number of cars
Snowpiercer is a large train manufactured and run by Wilford Industries. It continually circles the globe with the remains of human civilization following the global freezing extinction event several years prior.
The train is comprised of "classes" towards the front of the train, with those without tickets at the back of the train — these are known as "Tailies".
Originally a one-thousand-and-one carriage train, Snowpiercer was envisioned by Joseph Wilford as a luxury train, taking passengers around the world in style, the Wilford Industries Global Express. This earned the train the nickname "Wilford's Dreamliner". When scientists tried to cool down the Earth to reverse global warming, Mr. Wilford foresaw that they will instead freeze Earth completely. He then converted Snowpiercer into a 1001-cars-long Ark, which is destined to continually circle the originally exotic railway around the Earth.
However, according to Melanie Cavill, one of the engineers who designed Snowpiercer, the truth is she built the Engine and the train while Mr. Wilford was a fraud who "sold tickets." Mr. Wilford's true intention in building Snowpiercer was not to save humanity but to spend his remaining days in luxury. As a result, Melanie abandoned Mr. Wilford to die at boarding in Chicago while she assumed his identity to maintain order on the train.
Snowpiercer circles the globe 2.7 times a year, and every "revolution" is about 133 days. 6 years and 10 months after it left Chicago, Snowpiercer already made 18 revolutions and was about to begin its 19th in episode 994 Cars Long.
Its track length is 318,000 km, much more than the circumference of the Earth, as it travels across every continent, originally conceived as a tourist train that would visit hundreds of cities around the world.
Year Two Rebellion
The Year Two Rebellion occurred two years after Snowpiercer departed Chicago. According to Pike, the Jackboots managed to lock the rebels out of the rest of the subtrain, but the rebels were able to compromise the door hinges (locks) and managed to open them. While stopping Wilford's EMP weapon, Pike, Lights and Strong Boy were able to use this to throw it off of the train.
Year Three Rebellion
The Year Three Rebellion occurred three years after Snowpiercer departed Chicago. According to Andre Layton, the Tailies fought like an army but had no idea what was in each car as they proceeded uptrain, as they had never been that far. It is unknown how successful this revolt was or how far exactly they made it uptrain, but they seem to know about the battery cars and sanitation due to sanitation duties and previous revolts. During this revolution, the Tailies used fertilizer bombs created by Lights. Only the Tailie War Council knew of the existence of Lights' cookbook containing recipes for bombs and other such weapons.
Failed Insurrection
After Old Ivan hangs himself, Pike and several other Tailies lead a small insurrection, using the excuse of the dead body of Old Ivan to get the Jackboots to open the doors. The Tailies only made it one car, due to the jackboots responding to the situation quickly. The insurrection ended with Andre Layton talking down Pike and his fellow Tailies, with Pike as well as two other Tailies being put in the Drawers.
Snowpiercer provides shelter, heat and food to about 3,000 "sparks". It is, by design, a heterogeneous environment with well delimited social classes and several formal and informal professions, each a distinct group with its own levels of influence and expectations. Snowpiercer's social structure is organized in two main categories, based on both physical placement on Snowpiercer (from front to tail) and social status.
While they only represent about 30% of her occupants (about nine hundred people), about half of the length of the train is dedicated to First and Second Class Passengers. The second half of the train houses both technical and agriculture cars, Third Class and Tail-Section. The last few cars of the train once housed about 400 stowaways who boarded right before Snowpiercer left Chicago.
Engineering Department
This department is responsible for maintaining Snowpiercer's Eternal Engine and keeping life support systems working. Breachmen Brechmen were Third Class crew members responsible for repairing any breach made to the hull of Snowpiercer. As such, their task was the most dangerous aboard, as they were exposed to both the deadly cold and the speed of the train. Breachman Bojan "Boki" Boscovic was the leader of the Breach Team. Known members of the Breachmen included Cherry Sherry. The Breachmen's uniform was their cold-proof grey EVA Suit. Tunnelmen Tunnelmen are Third Class crew members. Those mechanics are in charge of maintaining the various mechanical systems of the Sub-Train platform and making sure the cable car transportation system is up and running.Known members of the Tunnelmen include Tunnelman Jakes Carter and Tunnelman Truck. The Tunnelmen's uniform is their dark grey jumpsuit.
Hospitality Department
This department is responsible for maintaining smooth relations between the Crew and Ticketed Passengers and between Ticketed Passengers of different Classes.
Human Resources, Legal Affairs and Archives Department
The Notary seems to hold a unique power and status within the train, as any official action taken by a member of the Crew requires forms bearing Wilford Industries logo to be signed and notarized, as seen when Henry Klimpt was ordered to release Nikki Genêt from the Drawers. Among various clerical duties, she is most certainly responsible for the Removal Request for Andre Layton, and Apprenticeship Offers. She is also in charge of writing down the minutes of any Tribunal occurring onboard. She later oversees the executions of captured revolutionaries but appears to aid Jinju Seong and Javier De La Torre in rescuing Melanie from execution. A member of the Archives dates Dr. Pelton. A Quartermaster is in charge of supplies.
The Eternal Engine
Snowpiercer is powered by a perpetual-motion engine designed by Chief-Engineer Melanie Cavill and referred to as the The Eternal Engine, running on hydrogen gained from snow outside. Engineer Bennett Knox noted that, while the fuel is eternal, parts of the Engine are not and will eventually break and need replacement. It appears to produce more power when traveling at greater speeds. A display in the Engine Car features kWh/km units. As the train slows, the energy produced decreases, as does the distance traveled per second, providing a "double whammy" effect of reducing power. At the train's average speed of about 100 km/hour, each "unit" of power production gives 100 kW, and from an estimated typical power generation of 20 kWh/km, the train's total power production is normally 2 MW, enough for roughly 2,000 modern American homes. It seems to be enough to keep the train life support and communication systems working, load the Battery Cars, and make the First Class extra-amenities (sauna...) work.
Carriages dimensions
Based on in-universe math, the average length of the cars is little over 16 meters or 52.5 feet. Based on the blueprint of the Brakeman's Garrison in the title credits of the series, however, a typical car is about only 40 feet long and 13 feet 6 inches wide (12.2m long and 4.1m wide). From external images of the train, the height of cars seems to vary between about 1.5 and 2 times the width (20-26 feet, or 6-8m tall) and would fit about two stories and a half. Based on the concept art by Alex Nice, the train is even larger, being around 9 meters wide, 12 meters tall and 65 meters long per car (83 meters at the engine). This would make the 1001 car train exceed a length of 38 miles or 65.1 km. This is probably the closest to the actual dimensions since most cars have 2 levels, plus the Sub-Train and the wheel mechanisms underneath them. However, the scale used during the set is downscaled. According to Wilford, the train is 10 miles long ("Three thousand souls stufffed into a ten miles steel tube"). This would put the average length of a carriage at 15.56m (10 miles = 16.09km, 16.09km = 16.090m, 16.090m/1034 carriages = 15.56m per carriage).
Utility Cars and the Sub-Train
Numerous Carriages are shown to be preceded by intermediary Utility and Battery Cars. Those cars are necessary to maintain life support systems (water, electricity, temperature, air quality...) all along the train. Battery Cars mainly house power banks to accumulate power as the train travels. At least 37 Battery Cars were offline after the civil war. Each car has two Sub-Train platforms underneath its main deck. The platforms, only accessible from Utility and Battery Cars, is where the bogie motors help maintain the speed of the train. A cable car transportation system runs all along the tunnel of this platform and transports goods and people from section to section. Due to the borders between Third, Second, and First Class, the Sub-Train might actually be divided into three closed-loop subsystems for operating reasons (it is faster to operate small distance trips).
Front section / Engine Car (C0001)
The Engine Car has two levels. On the first level is a bio-locked compartment, most likely containing the Engine. It is unknown how to enter the Engine, as it does not use Access Chip technology as other security measures aboard the train. Directly above the Engine is the train Control Room. While the train has automatic controls, the Control room is usually manned by one pilot and one engineer during the day and a single pilot during the night. They have an unrestricted view and access to numerous control systems ranging from speed control to diagnostic panels that alert the pilot to potential issues ahead. The Control room also serves as an information hub for the entire train. If the train detects a breach or mechanical malfunction, it will alert the Control room operators. One of the systems that can be controlled from the Engine is separating sections of the train. However, this is a complicated step and requires two safety switches (J-Links) to be disabled, one on either side of the separation while the Engine has two switches as well that require two operators to work. The switches must have keys turned in them simultaneously to be activated and then the switches themselves must be flipped at the same time to initiate separation of each end of the disconnected section of the train. Behind the Control Room stands the Engineers living quarters with four bunks, a bathroom, and a bunch of closets. This compartment was once occupied by Melanie Cavill and Miles.
First Class / C0002 > CXXX.
First Class is located right after the Engine Car (C0001). This section is the most luxurious of the train, designed with great taste, precious materials, large windows, and a sense of grandeur to accommodate its guests. The First Class Library Car. The Aquarium and Sushi Bar Car (C0011), known as the First Class Ocean, was one of the most awe-inspiring cars of the train. Most of the car was occupied by a large aquarium, crossed by an oval reinforced glass corridor. The aquarium was itself accessible from the second-floor and staff members were able to dive there with ease to farm seafood and fishes, providing a unique farm-to-table experience where sushi, sashimi, and rolls were made to order. Agriculture Officer Jinju Seong oversaw personally this car and its restaurant. During Layton's plot to take over the front section of Snowpiercer, Bennett tasks Josie to breach the glass roof of the Aquarium Car. This results in the whole ocean inside to freeze solid, killing all the aquatic life. The expansion of the water then makes the whole car explode, effectively separating the front section of Snowpiercer from the rest of the train. The Hospitality Car is where the Head of Hospitality and Voice of the Train had her office and made her public announcements twice a day. The Dining Car has been designed as Wilford's personal Dining Room where he would entertain his guests and friends. The table layout can serve about 32 guests per service. It can also double as an assembly room, especially during Tribunal sessions and meetings of the First Class Committee. As per the Folgers' and the Schwartzs' Quarters, First Class Guests live with their families in double-decked private Guest Carriages. The main deck consists in a public corridor for passengers to cross the car. From this corridor, at each side of the carriage, an entrance leads to the lobby of the Guest Carriage. In between those two lobbies is a living room equipped with a gas chimney, bookcases, and large windows. On one side of the carriage stands a closet room that can double as a bedroom for the help. On the other side, a flight of stairs leads upstairs where the guests' bedrooms and bathroom en suite are located. Other First-Class amenities include a Sauna Car and a Bowling Alley Car.
Second Class / CXXXX > C0557
Second Class is located middle train behind First Class. While it is still unclear where it begins, as per blueprints used by the First Class in These Are His Revolutions, it is divided into four sections, and ends at the Night Car. This section offers comfortable accommodation to its passengers. While materials remain elegant and windows large and numerous, the whole Second Class is designed to be more practical and cozy. Second Class crew Quarters include Dr. Jinju Seong's and Dr. Pelton's compartments. Both are constituted by a large room with two windows, equipped with a desk and a bed, as well as pieces of furniture and decoration belonging to their occupant. The structure of the compartments hints at the fact that bathrooms might be shared (there is no door visible in the room). Official concept arts for Second Class Quarters describe them as "designed with efficiency in mind" and with a "modular floorplan". Besides, it is possible that families' Quarters are larger and include a bathroom. Second Class has its own Clinic Car(s), equipped with a comfortable recovery room. The twelve Drawers Cars (section 2.4, C0545-C0556) are located at the rear end of Second Class and house about 400 Drawers. They served as both an extrajudicial imprisonment and medical experiment facility. Should Snowpiercer society collapse or fail, the Drawers were to serve as a failsafe, where 400 pre-selected people would be put into suspended animation as the last resort to save humanity. The Night Car (section 2.4, C0557) is the last car of Second Class. While Mr. Wilford merely saw it as a decadent Art Deco brothel, Singer Miss Audrey saw its potential as a place to grieve together for what was left behind. Besides offering events and concerts featuring a rotating troupe of award-winning singers, actors, musicians, dancers, and entertainers for passengers of all classes, it also provided individual therapy sessions to remember the time before the Freeze and come to accept what was lost. As such, the Night Car has been both compared to Switzerland (a neutral Car in the middle of the train) and a bridge between Classes.
The number of cars of Snowpiercer is told in the intro, it changes over time:
Here is a detailed map of Snowpiercer's route I made in Google Earth. You can see it for yourself here: Google Maps. Route map. I used maps, screens, outside landmarks, clues that I could find in the TV series. Here are some highlights: One revolution equals approximately 117.500 km. Track follows geographic features.
For those of you into the modeling aspect of our hobby, my indexa page has a list of almost everything railroad oriented I can think of to provide you with at least a few pictures to help you detail your pike. If this is a railfan page, every effort has been made to make sure that the information contained on this map and in this railfan guide ...
Originally a one-thousand-and-one carriage train, Snowpiercer was originally envisioned by Mr. Wilford as a luxury train, taking passengers around the world in style. This earned the train the nickname "Wilford's Dreamliner".
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