【国家地理百年纪念典藏】第17集 伟大的印度铁路 #國家地理 #紀錄片 #探索

India is a land of dreams Where images, however fleeting, are remembered long after the journey's end The railway is her lifeline, crossing not only distances, but bridging the boundaries of her many cultures For over 900 million people, the railway has become a great unifier Over 1.5 million must work to keep it going The Great Indian Railway touches the lives of everyone For nothing is more a part of this country than the trains which are part of its soul Over a century ago, the sound of the steam locomotive could be heard across the land as it rolled through the desert and the plains of India In those days, villages and cities were isolated by vast distances and the coming of the train would change them forever Legends were told of the great fire eater that walked on lines of steel and breathed white clouds of smoke Those who did not fear it came to see it for themselves In remote outposts where there were no stations Banyan trees often marked the train stop and people anticipated its arrival like the coming of a great ship There was always entertainment to greet the travelers celebrating the trip for the magical event that it was What had taken weeks by bullock cart could now be made in a matter of days The hero was the driver He was assigned one engine for life and cared for it as though it were a part of him making sure it was fed cold and watered It was like a living creature preparing for the long journey ahead If there ever was a heart and soul of the railway it began here with these locomotives They were the symbol of the British Empire and held the romance of an age when men and machines united the country for the first time But this era couldn't last forever Now the super fast express trains command the rails and are moving India into a new century The railway is a living legacy of the British who dominated the subcontinent for nearly 200 years They laid down the first rails in 1850 and by Indian independence dozens of railways reached across hundreds of princely states and territories Today all have been merged into one stretching nearly 40,000 miles and connecting over 7,000 stations it is the largest railway under a single management in the world Frontier Mail, the Tamil Nadu Express, the Punjab Mail all long distance trains renowned in history But one of the oldest is the Grand Trunk Express and it travels nearly the length of the country Indians love to travel whether it be on a religious pilgrimage or to visit relatives far away They pack everything and bring everyone They can go anywhere in the country for less than $7 Space has a whole different meaning on an Indian train People like to sit next to each other talk and share stories and a stranger isn't a stranger for long More than 11,000 trains travel through India every day But it's in the three-tier second-class coaches that the real spirit of the country can be found If anyone wants to know what India is all about you could just travel in one of these trains and you could talk to people, you see You could actually meet people from different parts of the country and you can actually have a look into the various cultures, you see Now there's a cultural diversity in India You can actually enjoy this cultural diversity traveling in such long trains which goes from one end of the nation to the other end There's such long trains you can enjoy If you're really interested, definitely you'll experience it Every Indian train has ticketless passengers who are part of its character Gypsies, beggars and sweeper boys who make their living earning tips between stations I meet every type of people here Maybe they are millionaires, they are the poorest They are engineers, doctors, bankers Every type of persons I'm meeting And when I travel, I have an opportunity to talk to them Make friendship with them We sometimes come closer to them And we become family friends for life For centuries, explorers have been drawn to the east In the 1660s, the British took possession of the strand of islands that curved into the Arabian Sea They would make them the great port city of Bombay Their gateway of India still stands as a memory of their empire's former glory Bombay is now one of India's fastest growing cities And the British presence seems unchanged at Victoria Terminus Opened in 1888 It was built on the site of the first railway station But now it's the headquarters of Central The busiest of nine zones in the Indian Railway From this historic place One of the most important men in the railway oversees his domain This is the seat of power of the General Manager Kiratgar and Kesla There was a disaster Every morning, Birendra Vishnu calls upon his officers To account for every detail in a monumental system From major accidents to minor delays Nothing escapes his attention It was from this same office That the British ran their railway And with independence in 1947 They turned it over to Indian leadership But now the GM controls a far more complex network With 200,000 men beneath him He runs 2,000 trains a day Madhan Namaskar What is happening today? What are your prospects of loading? You just speak to CME Your diesel utilisation has slumped Your sick wagon balances and all the yards are heavy The stable loads are heavy Just speak to CME Hello, Madhan Cutney Shed For the last 15 days It has been having very high failure rate Vishnu is more than a figurehead If something goes wrong He shoulders the full responsibility And every month He makes it a point to leave his office And visit his men in the field Like a present day Maharaja Vishnu holds court in his private inspection coach With full kitchen staff in attendance And all the ceremonies inherited from his predecessors The Indian railways Constitute the lifeline of India And it was given to us by the British They gave us two things The Indian railways And a very powerful administrative system Run by the bureaucrats We are now going on an inspection trip And during this inspection trip We propose to go over the entire railway lines See what management techniques are there See how the cabins, the points And the people who manage these points Look after themselves And look after the equipment Each one has his area of responsibility And super check has to be exercised So when we go out to line Our objective is to find out What deficiencies are there And take measures to overcome them No single person can possibly check On everything The system depends on workers Whose dedication goes largely unseen Under the eyes of the cabin men Tens of thousands of coaches Transport more than 12 million people a day And one mistake can cost thousands of lives For this is a human railway Where the strength of a lever man Means the safe passage of a train It is the largest employer in the world Officially 1.6 million work for the railway But Vishnu estimates That nearly 80 million people Depend on it for their livelihood The Grand Trunk Express continues southbound The trip from New Delhi to Madras Will last 38 hours But for many the journey is an adventure And it doesn't matter how long it takes Long distance trains Have become temporary homes For village India And those on board Are captive audiences For ticketless travelers Who earn their keep Providing everything From entertainment to food On a train Meals are a big event And passengers are constantly Being solicited with different kinds of fare 12 bearers run the length of 22 coaches Waiting on as many as 2,000 people They serve up to 400 hot railway meals Twice a day In the pantry car Cooks prepare food To suit the religious mandates Of an Indian train Non-veg or vegetarian For Muslims, Hindus, Christians The hardest job May be in trying to satisfy The tastes of so many And tastes do change From north to south The food is for a man It is very sufficient It is... We can comfortably Yes, it's more than sufficient For one person It is given to us Because here you have the rice And the dal We call it the grams And then vegetables also is available Then it is a full meal for us If there is a spirit of the railway It is found in the thousands of small stations Which have become part of the fabric of Indian life They are centers where everyone gathers And those who can't afford to travel Will come just to watch the trains The most impressive arrivals Have always been the broad gauge steam locomotives Lovingly called the black beauties They ride on the lightest rails And their wheels stand taller than a man But their presence is now becoming rare And those who grew up with them Will miss them the most Black is beautiful Our steam locos are our black beauties We feel with the phasing out of steam locos As if we are doing away With one of our kith and kin With whom we had blood relations All throughout Eastern Railway Loco sheds are busy preparing their engines For a black beauty contest It is a competition like no other Only the best engines are entered And to win the black beauty Is the highest honor a shed could have Dunbad,Rampurhat,Sahibganj,Asansol,Jaja Five sheds hurry to add the finishing touches Transforming these workhorses Into the beauties that they really are This possibly should be The very last black beauty contest Of Indian Railways We meant to bring to you The effect of the steam locos When they were in their heydays To show how they looked,how they worked And for just one more time Perhaps live and outlive the glory of those days When the steam locos Bore the brunt of Indian Railways The reason behind a black beauty contest Remains very much valid today Because perhaps this is the last time That we are going to be able to Have such a contest Anywhere on the Indian Railways And the rest of the world Like China and others Steam will continue Visual pleasure Which children love And therefore aspire to become locos It helps people to remember That the steam has served a glorious era There is intense competition Amongst all those Who have slaved on these locomotives These ten competing locomotives And therefore each one Wants to win the prize Therefore the judges Are under intense scrutiny Perhaps more than the judges are in real life And they have to Therefore make it as scientific as possible They have therefore Divided the system of grading Into three distinct groups One is decoration For which they give 25% marks The functionality Which is we are giving as much as 50% marks And also the ceramic blanketing Is being given a 25% marks And I think that the judges Will be totally fair And clear in their judgment And may the best loco win What is important When you see a When the whole thing should be uniformly red The moment you see a black spot There is a time where there is a hole And then the fire bars can burn So when we are seeing the fire We have to see that it looks uniformly red That there 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