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The Pirate train was a small train created out of the first ten (later six) cars
of Snowpiercer in order for its crew to exist outside of Joseph Wilford's control and fight back. While never given an official name, it was referred to as Snowpiercer on multiple occasions by both its own crew, the resistance left behind and Wilford himself, suggesting that Big Alice came to be considered to be the entire train, including the cars of Snowpiercer that were left behind, while Snowpiercer was the pirate train alone.
History
With both Snowpiercer and Big Alice under Wilford's full control, Alexandra Cavill proposed disconnecting the first ten cars of Snowpiercer in order to create a separate pirate train to go after her mother. The remaining cars (most of Snowpiercer without it's engine, and Big Alice.)
Throughout the Series
1023 Cars Long, a "rolling gulag" under Wilford's rule, with First Class decommissioned for the time being and everyone forced to work. Due to Big Alice powering the two trains alone, the passengers were forced to live in freezing temperatures with low power. However, Wilford chose not to go through with a culling due to Layton having Miss Audrey as a hostage. In Layton's absence, a secret resistance against Wilford continued to operate, now under the leadership of Ruth Wardell who foiled a plot by Wilford to use an EMP weapon to disable the pirate train upon its return.
Population
WIP
Number of cars
The number of cars of Snowpiercer is told in the intro, it changes over time:
| Episodes | Snowpiercer | Big Alice | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirate Train | The rest of the cars | |||
| Pre-series | 1001 | 43 | ||
| 1.1-1.9 | 40 | |||
| 1.9-1.10 | 994 | |||
| 1.10-2.10 | 1034 | |||
| 2.10-3.3 | 10 | 1023 | ||
| 3.3 | 6 | |||
| 3.3-3.10 | 1029 | |||
| 3.10 | More than half | Less than half | ||
Trivia
- In Layton's absence, Ruth had taken up his role as leader of the resistance on Snowpiercer. She also appeared to have no hard feelings over being left behind, presumably understanding what had happened and she held faith in Layton's eventual return.
- The Pirate train never got an official name of its own. However, on multiple occasions it was referred to as Snowpiercer itself, suggesting that during its time away, the pirate train was considered to be Snowpiercer while the rest of the train was Big Alice, even the cars that belonged to Snowpiercer.
- Ruth called it Snowpiercer while talking to Pike in The Tortoise and the Hare while the combined train under Wilford's control is never referred to by name, not even in Layton's opening monologue, instead just being referred to as "Wilford's rolling gulag."
- In The Last to Go, Layton identifies the pirate train as Snowpiercer to Asha while the other train is simply called "Wilford's train." The only time that it's ever referred to as Layton's pirate train is once by Wilford himself near the end of the episode.
- In The First Blow, Layton referred to the pirate train as Snowpiercer again while negotiating with Wilford while calling Wilford's train Big Alice. In turn, Wilford called the pirate train Snowpiercer while threatening to allow everyone to freeze to death if it didn’t reconnect and when he's ordering his boarding party to stand down.
- In a TNT's Season 2 Recap Clip by Ruth. Ruth also called the pirate train as Snowpiercer and called Wilford's train "Big Alice.
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