Ecliptic Express

The Ecliptic Express was a first-class, inter-city luxurious train used by Umbrella Pharmaceutical, Inc. for employee travel through the Arklay Mountains.

Background
The Ecliptic Express was created and owned by the Umbrella Corporation, with its train number being 7268-563-M23. On July 23, 1998, the train ran from Raccoon City to their Umbrella Management Training Facility, which was being re-opened after twenty years of closure.

However, the Ecliptic Express was made into a train of the dead when the resurrected Dr. James Marcus released the tyrant virus (the leeches) on the train, and the Arklay Research Facility on July 23, 1998. The train was quickly overrun and all the passengers - Umbrella Corporation researchers - and crew were turned into blood-thirsty zombies.

S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team member Rebecca Chambers encounters the train and enters at her own risk, not knowing about the zombies and the leeches that the train is infested with. She teams up with ex-Marine and fugitive Billy Coen only on the account to survive and escape from the train filled with zombies, cerberi, leeches, and the Stinger.

The train was destroyed after being diverted to the Umbrella Corporation Management Training Facility, where it collided with the buffers and fell off the rails. The speed of the train was dropped by Billy Coen and Rebecca Chambers, who activated the engine's brakes just before it entered the facility station.

Design
Its interior expressed its status. The train had six carriages - a kitchen with cargo room, a bar and saloon, and four carriages with exquisite beds and a dining room.

Train Brakes
The engine's brakes were to be activated from two locations at either ends of the train - one in the front cabin and the other at the back of the cargo car. The successful activation of the brakes required the user to add certain numbers together to make the correct number.

Such ways were:
 * 36: 5,5,5,5,5,5,2,2,1,1
 * 67: 9,9,9,9,9,5,5,5,5,2
 * 81: 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,1