The Docking Car is a purpose made, one of a kind car intended for the tail of Snowpiercer.
History[]
Background[]
The docking car was built possibly when or shortly after Snowpiercer's docking car was built. Despite warnings from Melanie Cavill, Joseph Wilford overengineered the docking cars.
Season 1[]
The docking car has been used as part of the Tail, and thus Tailies have slept here, cramped up and in squalor.
Season 2[]
After the rebellion, the Supply Train Big Alice raced after Snowpiercer and docked with the last car of the train, taking control and stopping the train for the first time since it's departure from Chicago in 2020. After Wilford attempted to disconnect Big Alice, the bomb that Melanie placed exploded, destroying the connecting mechanism of Big Alice's Docking Car, Snowpiercer's docking car becoming a border due to this.
Season 3[]
Season 4[]
In Life Source, Snowpiercer and Big Alice's Docking Cars were two of the four cars chosen by Andre Layton to chase after the hijacked Snowpiercer in Big Alice, although they were not used in The Engineer to connect to the other train.
In Bell the Cat, the rescued Snowpiercer passengers gather in the Docking Car where Ruth Wardell attempts to address them.
WIP
Technology[]
The docking car is designed to connect with the docking car of Snowpiercer. Big Alice uses eight grappling arms to attach itself onto the docking car's hull. Two main ones on top, two secondary ones on the sides and two main ones on the bottom.[1] A tunnel then expands and connects with a door at the end of the docking car. Hydraulic systems allow Big Alice to open and close this door at will, while Snowpiercer lacks an apparent means of opening the door. The tunnel has a welder that was used to cut through the door. The car has some form of 'jack' system, which is used to connect to Snowpiercer individual systems and The Engine (which Melanie managed to cut).
Interior[]
The interior of the Docking Car does not differ from previous Cargo Cars except for a big round door at the tail of the car[1]. The Tailes put a large round table near the door and use the end as a "conference room". An extremely small tiny hole (baby hand size with a metal cover) also exists, which is used by the Talies to see the outside to determine their position or to create a makeshift pinhole projector using the hole.
Appearances[]
- Season One
- Season Two
- Season Four
- Bell the Cat WIP
Trivia[]
- Presumably, before Snowpiercer departed, the door was welded shut as Big Alice was required to cut its way through. Alternatively, this could also because of the brackets riveted on the door, 3 on the top and bottom.
- The door is much like a vault door of a bank, it was secured with numerous massive metal bolts (cylinders) extending from the door into the surrounding frame. Holding those bolts in place is some sort of lock.
- The lock in the center of the door rotates counterclockwise. However, because Big Alice cut through the bolts, the lock in the door is useless.
- As the interior is exactly the same as the rest of the Tailies Cargo Cars, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact number of episodes this car was featured in.
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