The Train

The Train is the main vehicle and location for the survivors in Episode 3: Long Road Ahead in The Walking Dead Video Game. The survivors spend the last half of the episode on the train recovering and bonding after the many deaths of the original group of survivors.

Rural Georgia
The train was owned by a unknown freight train company and was operated by a unknown train engineer. This train was mainly used to haul large freight all across the State of Georgia and possibly even neighboring states as well. The registered identification number for the train was 4070 and the train was powered by a diesel-electric motor. The train has also been the home of who was a homeless man traveling through the cities in one of the train's boxcars. It is unknown when he became homeless and used the train as his new home.

Post-Apocalypse
After a unknown period of time, the train engineer was forced to stop at a highway railroad crossing possibly due to loosing part of his freight in the chaos of the outbreak or under the orders of the Federal Rescue Services or the supervisor/company. When stopped, it is quite likely that he was attacked in the locomotive and killed in the head through the cab window since then, the train has not moved until and the RV arrive at the blocked road.

Episode 3: Long Road Ahead
When the group of survivors arrive, they are forced to abandon the RV and try to look after Duck who is slowly turning into a walker. Lee searches the boxcar for any supplies for him finding 's water in the boxcar. Thinking that the train is abandon he takes it and gives it to Duck. Realizing that the train can possibly move and can get to Savannah faster, wanted to try and get the train working again. Once Lee decouples the remaining freight cars using tools from the train's locomotive, he is introduced to Charles who decides to join the group for the time being since they are taking "his home" (being the boxcar). Lee then eventually figures out how to start the train and brings the locomotive to life. When ready, the group boards the train and begin to make their way to Savannah.

While on the move, Duck's condition gets worse and begins coughing blood. Katjaa tells Lee to tell Kenny to stop the train and to help deal with their dying son. Lee then proceeds to the locomotive cab to try and convince Kenny that he needs to stop the train and deal with his son. Kenny will stop the train and Katjaa, Kenny, Lee, and Duck get off. Once Duck has been dealt with, a sobbering Kenny and Lee return back to the train.

The survivors continue on down the track heading to Savnnah, Chuck tells Clementine that she is dead just like Duck and Lee then confronts Chuck about what he said to her. Charles says that Lee needs to take better care of Clementine by cutting her hair so that walkers can't grab her easily as well as begin training her on using a gun to which Lee then agrees. After training Clementine with using Carley's firearm and cutting her hair with Chuck's scissors and bonding with her, Lee heads back up to the cab when Ben confesses to him about the incident back at the Travelier Motel. Lee gives Chuck his bottle of Whiskey and says anyone is welcome to have a drink with him to which Lee offers Kenny Chuck's offer. While gone, Lee grabs a map of Savannah from the engineer's seat and shows the map to Clementine asking her where she would like to go when they reach the city.

Kenny the shouts from up front and the train comes to a grinding halt at a blocked Highway Overpass. The group gets out and meets new survivors, Omid and Christa, while trying to figure out how to move the blocked debris to allow the train to continue on. After Lee gets the necessary tools from a nearby train warehouse, he begins cutting away at the metal tanker blocking the tracks when a herd of walkers begin to approach them. Once the blocked tanker falls and clears the tracks, everyone piles back into the train and continue onward to the city.

The episode ends with the train slowly approaching Savannah and the city skyline can be seen in the background.

Episode 4: Around Every Corner
The train is mentioned in this episode by when he asks Lee how he got to the city and if that was his locomotive on the tracks.

Trivia

 * When the group encounters Omid and Christa, Kenny shows Omid to operate the train due to feeling hopeless after the death of his family.
 * Charles lives in the first boxcar attached to the locomotive.
 * The train has three usable weapons in the locomotive engine compartment: a spike remover, a spanner, and a monkey wrench.