Heart Symbolism in Train World
Ok guys, so I was thinking about something. In Train World we see several instance of the stylized heart ( ❤️ ) . It is interesting to consider the meaning and origins of this symbol in Train World, considering that trains are mechanical and do not have an anatomical heart.
On the health read-out that Robot Trains are able to see over their field of vision, there is a heart ❤️ symbol above their energy level indicator.
This would suggest that the heart symbol does have some health or anatomical connotations even in Train World. That could also explain why a heart motif is incorporated in to Selly’s design, because she is essentially a doctor/diagnoses and repairs other trains.
It’s curious to see that the arm of the gate to The Garden Area also has a heart symbol.
There is also a heart symbol on the book Selly reads in an effort to better understand Janne’s perspective in “Janne and Kay”. In this episode, the book seems to be about interpersonal relationships.
(Gary can often be seen reading a similar looking book in season 2, but it has not improved his interpersonal skills and he sometimes reads it upside down).
It would seem that the heart symbol in Train World has a broad usage similar to how it is used in our world – representing a wide array of topics related to both health and emotions.
But why? Is it a symbol that has been passed down from humans of the past? Or is there a different explanation?
Here, in the right hand side, we can see a full schematic of Duke:
There’s nothing in there quite like an anatomical human heart but, if you look closely, you can see that the red blinking indicator light for the engine would sit roughly where the human heart would.
Let’s look more closely at some more engines.
Well, you can see that they’re shaped roughly like an inverted trapezoid. It would not be much of a stretch to stylize the over all shape of the engine or the inverted triangle indicator light into a ❤️ shape. It makes about as much sense as representing an anatomical human heart that way.
Hearts representing an engine would explain their use on the energy level indicators and would also support the idea that they have a medical connotation in Selly’s design.
And, because the engines actually are the location of their software/A.I., trains’ engines could more accurately be thought of as centers of emotion than a human heart could.
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