Razor Train
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The Razor Train is a form of rail transport used by the Combine for conveying freight and personnel between cities and outposts.
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Overview[edit]
As with much of Combine technology, the Razor Train is large, mostly featureless, and imposing. Custom-built to work on the existing human rail networks, it accompanies human trains on the same railways, transporting cargo and human prisoners as well as Combine Soldiers and Stalkers, with the former two's destination being Nova Prospekt and the latter two's being the Citadel. These vehicles' ram-like, razor-thin appearance, and black finish further add to their threatening look. Razor Train locomotives also bear red markings on their left side, and have what appears to be a driver's cab, though no crew can be spotted. As seen in the Combine Depot and in Route Kanal, the trains seem to carry short loads in rapid succession at high speed as opposed to fewer but heavier loads. Strangely, in Half-Life: Alyx, no locomotives are ever seen, and the Razor Trains seem to be solely comprised of and propelled by compartment cars.
Perhaps the most disconcerting aspect of the Razor Train is its horn: a distinctive, discordant bellow that announces the train's arrival. This is by no means always the case, though, as several times during Half-Life 2 and its Episodes, they emit lower-pitched air horn bellows instead. In addition, both of these sound effects are occasionally higher than normal, as exhibited in the chapters Route Kanal and Highway 17 in Half-Life 2.
Razor trains are unarmed, but are extremely fast and completely unyielding to any objects that may be on their tracks, be it vehicles, people, or even friendly Combine units. Therefore, they sometimes serve as environmental hazards, specifically during the chapters Route Kanal and Highway 17.
Related Achievements[edit]
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Off the Rails |
| Stop the prisoner transport train. | |
Behind the scenes[edit]
According to Viktor Antonov, a conceptual artist for Half-Life 2, the Razor Train was one of the first pieces of Combine machinery to be designed.[1]
Gallery[edit]
Half-Life 2[edit]
Pre-release[edit]
Early train in City 17, with the Citadel in the background.
The logo seen on the previous train.
Razor Trains and a few people in an early City 17 Trainstation.
Razor Train running through the Wasteland near the Air Exchange (and a part of the skybox).
Early screenshot of a Razor Train being lifted.
Early concept art by Viktor Antonov.
Concept art for the Razor Train in the Depot.
Ditto.
Ditto.
The early brush Razor Train passing through the Combine Factories.
The early brush Razor Train.
"C17" logo featured on both sides of the engine.
The same spot in the original map,
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Razor Train cars in the early Depot in the map
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Razor Train in the same map.
Concept art of a Razor Train traveling through the Wasteland, based on the map
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Razor Train locomotive near the Depot.
Concept art for the City 17 Trainstation with Razor Trains inside (here seen through the broken glass roof).
Ditto.
Ditto.
Razor Train passing on a bridge above the Canals.
City 17 Razor Train poster, featuring a locomotive model.
Retail[edit]
A Razor Train locomotive.
A closed Razor Train car.
Razor Trains on the Nova Prospekt platforms in the City 17 Trainstation.
A Razor Train near a Force Field.
A railway bridge at Bridge Point used by the Combine for moving supplies in and out of Nova Prospekt.
A Razor Train about to ram the player at Bridge Point.
Narrowly escaping the Razor Train.
The Razor Train continuing its journey after being avoided by Freeman.
Ditto.
Razor Train passing by in the Depot.
A Razor Train in the Citadel.
Razor Train transporting Pods passing by in the Citadel.
Ditto.
Stopped Razor Train on top of the Half-Life 2: Deathmatch map Underpass.
Half-Life 2: Episode One[edit]
A Stalker car.
Inside the Stalker car during Gordon's and Alyx's ride.
Ditto.
Dead Zombines in a Razor Train.
Half-Life: Alyx[edit]
Razor Train after being derailed in Fairview Junction.
Razor Train parked at Fairview Junction.
Razor Train passes through Fairview Junction.
Inside of a derailed Razor Train cart that was carrying Combine Advisors.
Ditto.
Razor Train delivering Prisoner Pods via Terminal Gardens to the Northern Star hotel.
Razor Train parked at the Tanker Yard.
List of appearances[edit]
Main games[edit]
- Half-Life 2 (First appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Episode One
- Half-Life: Alyx
Other[edit]
- Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (Non-canonical appearance)
- Half-Life 2: Deathmatch (Non-canonical appearance)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, page 220
- ↑ Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar, page 172
