| “ | Savor cuisines from around the world in our First Class Dining car. Our award-winning chefs prepare a new menu every day, with selections certain to appeal to all palates and dietary needs. | ” |
| — Wilford Industries | ||
History[]
The First Class Dining Car (Astrolabe) is a lavish space capable of seating 32 first-class passengers and/or their guests. This entrance to the habitable part of the first-class was guarded by several armed bodyguards and staffed around the clock to provide the best service for its 1st class passengers.
After the theft of the Pirate Train, First Class was decommissioned by Joseph Wilford and the dining car was left frozen and abandoned, at -25 degrees, with food still on the tables, apparently because Kevin McMahon was too lazy to have it cleaned up. After her previous hiding place was compromised, Pike had Ruth Wardell hide out in the dining car which he was secretly feeding a trickle of power to, at -12 degrees.
Technology[]
There is a pneumatic tube system which allows messages to be sent back and forth between The Engine. The public address system can be used in the car and was used so the train could listen to the L.J. Folger trial.
Interior[]
The interior consists of two rows of tables, on both sides of the car. The main dining room takes about one and a half floors, with stairs on each side of the car. The dining car also served as a multipurpose room[1] when needed, for example during the trial of L.J. Folger.
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
- In the opening day, Melanie oversees the 1st class passengers' breakfast and greet Martin, York, Robert, Lilah and LJ Folger. She also whisper to Ruth, asking her to make an announcement at the Tail.[2]
- The day after Tailies' failed insurrection, Melanie and Ruth oversees the 1st class passengers' breakfast and listen to some concerns about the insurrection from Sharma, Robert, Lilah and LJ Folger.[3]
- Casino games are held in the car as a distraction for the First Class passengers. to make them forget about the train's damage from Cattle Car breach.[4]
- In order to search Nikki Genêt's murderer, 1st class passengers were ordered to gather in the dining car in the middle of the night.[5]
- In a morning while first class passengers are eating their breakfast, Clay staged an uprising by giving cockroaches hidden in a plate to Rajiv Sharma, Martin Colvin and Eugenia.[1]
- LJ's tribunal take places in the 1st Class Dining Car, First, Second and Third Class passengers are allowed to observe the trial.[1]
- Acts as the headquarters of the Folgers, Commander Gray and their forces during the revolution.[6][7]
Season 3[]
- Pike has Ruth Wardell hide out in the freezing and abandoned 1st Class Dining Car after The Resistance's Hideout is discovered.[8]
- In order to by The Resistance time to disarm Wilford's EMP weapon, Ruth allows herself to be captured, siting at a table in the dining car and waiting for Kevin McMahon to find her.[9]
- Melanie Cavill uses the Dining Car as one of her main areas while preparing for war against Layton again.[10]
Appearances[]
| Appearance | EP1 | EP2 | EP3 | EP4 | EP5 | EP6 | EP7 | EP8 | EP9 | EP10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Season 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Season 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Season 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ✔ = Appeared | Did Not Appear | F = Flashback | ||||||||
| Note: Appearances for the interior of the car only. | ||||||||||
Trivia[]
- Presumably, due to the car's capacity and functions, there were 32 first-class passengers onboard Snowpiercer, before the revolution.
- However, the consist shown in Last Stop (09:17) shows another dining car of the same model. This is odd as there is not a mention of another dining car, but it makes sense to have more of them, especially in first class as the passengers would then have more places to dine at. This most likely proves this theory false.
- In Season 1, the car used a normal 1st class car as it's exterior CGI model. It was changed in season 3 when the exterior model changed to the model it should have used. It can also be briefly seen in Into the White, acting as a place-holder for the Library car as both cars share a similar exterior model.
- Going off of the consist seen in Bound by One Track (10:25), if we add up Snowpiercer's lost cars, the Dining Car becomes car 17 (of the 1001 consist).
- Props auctioned off after Season 3 confirm the dining car's name to be the Astrolabe.
- An astrolabe is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times. It serves as a star chart and physical model of visible heavenly bodies (astronomical objects).
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 S01E05 - Justice Never Boarded
- ↑ S01E01 - First, the Weather Changed
- ↑ S01E02 - Prepare to Brace
- ↑ S01E03 - Access Is Power
- ↑ S01E4 - Without Their Maker
- ↑ These Are His Revolutions
- ↑ The Train Demanded Blood
- ↑ The Tortoise and the Hare
- ↑ The Last to Go
- ↑ The Original Sinners