Armored train
Appearances in other media
Purpose
Transportation Obscuring paths
Description
A red and black armored train.
The armored train [ 1] is an obstacle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a fortified train used by the Eggman Empire that roam Rail Canyon and Bullet Station .
Appearance [ ]
The armored train appear as a large, long metallic freight train that is mostly colored black and red. It also has grey/black eyes on either end of the train and several horns spawning on either side of the locomotive.
Overview [ ]
Sonic Heroes [ ]
In Sonic Heroes . Armored trains constantly roam the tracks in Rail Canyon and Bullet Station as obstacles. Unlike Rhinoliners from the same stages, armored trains do not have weapons and will not actively try to harm the players. However, they can cause damage if they collide with the characters or if the player touches the flames on top of them. They are also much larger than Rhinoliners (traveling on two-three rails rather than one) and they are indestructible.
Shadow Generations [ ]
In Shadow Generations , armored trains are featured once again as recurring obstacles in Rail Canyon . While touching an armored train will damage the player, certain armored trains will instantly defeat Shadow the Hedgehog upon contact. There is a train that takes up all the rails and will try to ram the player in Act 1. Some of the trains have a bar of rotating spikes on the front.
In other media [ ]
Books and comics [ ]
Archie Comics [ ]
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics , the armored trains are referred to as Bullet Trains . In this media, they are transportation vehicles used by the Eggman Empire . One was used to transport Professors Charles the Hedgehog and Dillon Pickle , and their research to the Rail Canyon Zone , but the scholars were saved by the Freedom Fighters .
Trivia [ ]
In Super Hard Mode of Rail Canyon , one armored train can strangely ride over a gap without rails, though this may be intentional to increase the difficulty.
Various characters speculate that the armored trains are carrying important cargo, though this is never confirmed.
References [ ]
Playable characters
Team Sonic
Sonic (Super Sonic ) · Tails (Super Tails ) · Knuckles (Super Knuckles )
Team Dark
Shadow · Rouge · Omega
Team Rose
Amy · Cream and Cheese · Big
Team Chaotix
Espio · Charmy · Vector
Non-playable characters
Eggman · Metal Sonic (Neo Metal Sonic ) · Chocola · Froggy · Shadow Android · Omochao · Dark Chao · Chao
1P Play stages
Sea Gate · Seaside Hill · Ocean Palace · Grand Metropolis · Power Plant · Casino Park · BINGO Highway · Rail Canyon · Bullet Station · Frog Forest · Lost Jungle · Hang Castle · Mystic Mansion · Egg Fleet · Final Fortress · Special Stage
2P Play stages
Action Race
Seaside Hill · Grand Metropolis · BINGO Highway
Battle
City Top · Casino Ring · Turtle Shell
Bobsled Race
Seaside Course · City Course · Casino Course
Expert Race
Rail Canyon · Frog Forest · Egg Fleet
Quick Race
Road Rock · Mad Express · Terror Hall
Ring Race
Egg Treat · Pinball Match · Hot Elevator
Special Stages
Special Stage 1 · Special Stage 2 · Special Stage 3
Enemies
Bomb Flapper · Cameron · Cannon Flapper · E-2000 · E-2000R · Egg Bishop /Egg Magician · Egg Hammer · Egg Knight · Egg Pawn (Casino version ) · Falco · Flapper · Gold Cameron · Gold Klagen · Gun Flapper · Heavy-Egg Hammer · Klagen · Laser Flapper · Needle Flapper · Pumpkin Ghost · Rhinoliner · Search Flapper · Solid Flapper · Solid Pawn
Bosses
Egg Hawk · Team Sonic , Dark , Rose , Chaotix · Robot Carnival · Egg Albatross · Robot Storm · Egg Emperor · Metal Madness · Metal Overlord
Moves/ techniques
Speed
Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Kick · Light Dash · Lightspeed Attack · Propeller Hammer · Rocket Accel · Shuriken · Spin · Spin Jump · Swinging Hammer Attack · Tornado Jump (Black Tornado , Blue Tornado , Leaf Swirl , Tornado Hammer ) · Triangle Jump
Fly
Ascending Flight · Cheese Attack · Dummy Ring Bomb · Spin Jump · Sting Attack · Thunder Shoot · Quick Ascent
Power
Auto Homing · Body Press · Bubblegum Descent · Fire Combination · Fire Dunk · Fire Launcher · Fireball Jump · Forward Power Attack · Hammer Down · Jump Fire Knock · Jump Fireball · Remote Power Attack (Fireball , Fire Knock ) · Spin Jump · Triangle Dive · Umbrella Descent · Wide Power Attack (Big Fishing , Omega Arm , Vector Breath , Volcanic Dunk )
Team Blasts
Sonic Overdrive · Chaos Inferno · Flower Festival · Chaotix Recital · Super Sonic Power
Other
Chaos Control · Crouch · Crystal Attack · Grind Step · Grinding
Gimmicks and obstacles
Ball Switch · Bingo · Bobsled · Bomb · Bumper · Bumper wall · Cannon · Check Point · Conveyor Belt · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Detonator Switch · Drop Target · Fan · Fireball · Flipper · Flower · Formation Change Gate · Giant Frog · Giant Switch · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Kao · Laser field · Mushroom · Orb switch · Pole · Power Gong · Propeller · Pulley · Rainbow Ring · Sling Shot · Slot machine · Spring · Target Switch · Track switch · Triangle Bumper · Trolley · Vine · Warp Flower · Weight · Wide spring
Items
Capsule · Car · Casino chip · Castle Key · Cell key · Chaos Emerald · Container (Cage , Case , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Emblem · Engine Core · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Hermit crab · Item Box (1 UP , Barrier , Fly Charge , High Speed , Invincible , Rings , Power Core , Team Blast Ring ) · Light spider marking · Power Core · Ring · Special Stage Key · Sphere · Torch
Voice actors
English
Ryan Drummond (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Deem Bristow (Eggman ) · William Corkery (Tails ) · Scott Dreier (Knuckles ) · David Humphrey (Shadow ) · Lani Minella (Rouge , Omochao ) · Jon St. John (Omega , Big ) · Jennifer Douillard (Amy ) · Sarah Wulfeck (Cream ) · Bill Corkery (Espio ) · Marc Biagi (Vector ) · Emily Corkery (Charmy )
Japanese
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic , Metal Sonic ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Takashi Nagasako (Big ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao )
Music
Songs
"Sonic Heroes " · "We Can " · "This Machine " · "Follow Me " · "Team Chaotix " · "What I'm Made of... "
Albums
Complete Trinity: Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrax · Triple Threat: Sonic Heroes Vocal Trax · Sonic Heroes Official Soundtrack · Sonic Heroes Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition
Other
Alligator · Armored train · Audio Room · Chaotix Detective Agency · Dummy Ring · Egg Bazooka · Egg Emperor · Egg Fleet · Egg Gun · Egg Spear · Fly Type · Health Gauge · HEXAeco · Life · Loop · Moon · Orca · Palm plant · Power Type · Rank · Sonic Heroes Official Guidebook · Sonic Heroes: Prima's Official Strategy Guide · Sonic Heroes Puzzle · Speed Type · Super Hard Mode · Team Blast Gauge · Tornado 2
Playable characters
Shadow
Non-playable characters
Big · Biolizard · Black Doom (Doom's Eye , Devil Doom , Neo Devil Doom ) · Blaze · Cheese · Cream · Cubot · E-123 Omega · Gerald · Maria · Mephiles · Modern Amy · Modern Chaotix (Charmy , Espio , Vector ) · Modern Sonic · Modern Knuckles · Metal Overlord (Modern Metal Sonic ) · Orbot · Researcher · Rouge · Time Eater
Locations
Open Zone areas
White Space · Doom Zone
Stages
Space Colony ARK · Tokyo · Rail Canyon · Kingdom Valley · Sunset Heights · Chaos Island · Radical Highway
Enemies
Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-1 , Artificial Chaos P-100 ) · Black Arms (Black Flash , Black Macho , Black Salvo , Black Wall , Black Warrior ) · Buzz Bomber · Cyclone · Death Egg Robot · Egg Flyer · Egg Guardian · Egg Gunner (Egg Stinger ) · Egg Pawn · Egg Tank · Flapper (Cannon Flapper , Laser Flapper , Needle Flapper ) · Galaga Bee · Gun Beetle (Mono Beetle , Spark Beetle ) · Gun Hunter (Paramount ) · Moto Bug · Rhinoliner · Shadow · Soldier
Bosses
Biolizard · Metal Overlord · Mephiles the Dark · Devil Doom / Neo Devil Doom
Moves/techniques
General
Air Boost · Boost · Chaos Control · Chaos Dash · Chaos Snap · Chaos Spear · Crouch · Double Jump · Grind Step · Homing Attack · Skydiving · Quick Step · Slide · Spin Jump · Stomp · Wall Jump
Doom Powers
Doom Blast · Doom Morph · Doom Spears · Doom Surf · Doom Wing
Gimmicks and obstacles
Balloon · Bomb · Bonus Bell · Container (Steel Container , Wooden Container ) · Corruption · Dash Panel · Dash Rail · Dash Ring · Eagle · Fountain · Grind Rail · Hint Ring · Iron ball · Jump Panel · Laser field · Meteorite · Morph Ball · Pulley · Purple orb · Rainbow Ring · Rocket · Spikes · Spinning drum · Spring · Spring Pole · Star Post · Switch · Tightrope · Track switch · Wall Jump Block · Wide spring · Wind switch · Zip Line
Items
Boss Gate · Boss Gate Key · Doom Gear · Goal Ring · Item Box · Musical note · Sealing Device · Ring · Super Ring · Time Bonus
Voice actors
English
Kirk Thornton (Shadow , Orbot ) · Keanu Reeves (Paramount Shadow ) · Ben Diskin (Black Doom ) · Stephanie Sheh (Maria ) · Mike Pollock (Gerald ) · Karen Strassman (Rouge ) · Roger Craig Smith (Omega , Modern Sonic ) · Kyle Hebert (Big ) · Wally Wingert (Cubot , Narrator) · Ray Chase (Modern Metal Sonic /Metal Overlord ) · Robbie Daymond (Mephiles )
Japanese
Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Black Doom ) · Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) · Kotaro Nakamura (Gerald ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) · Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Modern Sonic , Modern Metal Sonic /Metal Overlord ) · Takashi Nagasako (Big ) · Mitsuo Iwata (Orbot ) · Wataru Takagi (Cubot ) · Takayuki Sakazume (Mephiles )
Music
Songs
"All Hail Shadow " · "The Supernatural " · "Supporting Me " · "Throw It All Away " · "What I'm Made of... " · "Without You "
Albums
Sonic X Shadow Generations Original Soundtrack: Perfect | Reflections
Other
Armored train · Black Moon · Black Sword · Boost Gauge · Challenges · Challenge Act · Chaos Gauge · Chaos Island · City · Collection Box · Collection Room · Dark Rider · Egg Bazooka · Egg Spear · Fast travel · Final Fortress · Gerald Robotnik's Journal · Health Gauge · Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome · Open Zone · Rank · Real-Time Interaction · Scepter of Darkness · Soleanna · Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings ("Shadow and Maria ", "Finding the Way ", "To the ARK ") · Sonic X Shadow Generations X Chao · Space Colony ARK · The Jet Black Hedgehog: Shadow the Hedgehog