The car climbs on top of one of its former neighbors.The front and back wheels pivot so that the gears adjacent to each train wheel extend forward and engage with the teeth running down the front and back of its neighboring cars which help by closing in and pushing against the shifter.The last floor segment gets pulled into a slot below the car door is.The segmented floor folds onto itself (the outer segment folds down and onto the inner segment and disappears).The floor splits at the middle of two cars.The railings fold into the bridge's floor.The bridges that span across cars retract (presumably while the car decouples from its neighbors).In-show, this is confirmed by Nate frantically reuniting with Jesse, and alluding to the latter's disappearance.įor presumably maintenance purposes, cars are able to climb on top of and travel very quickly over the train (Grace calls these cars "shifters").
They are unable to leave the train until their number reaches zero, upon which a door leading them home will open.Īccording to Owen Dennis, time on the train runs parallel to the real world, with passengers picked up from the train disappearing in the real world for the amount of time they remain on the train. They are then given a number engraved onto their right palm to track their progress through the train before being sent in a special pod to one of the cars. Passengers picked up by the train are processed through the Tape Car, where their memories are recorded on a video tape. According to Owen Dennis, it is around 5 stories tall. Inside of its many boxcars, practically anything conceivable can be found, whether it be puzzles, objects, or even entire worlds. While it appears as a regular train on the outside, it is actually of seemingly infinite length.