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♪ ♪ ♪
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Welcome to
the outback!
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We've gone down under to take
a ride on a massive train that
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Travels over forty-three hundred
kilometers across australia.
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A few shrubs,
no trees, completely barren.
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It's an epic
adventure through some of
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The most scenic and remote
areas a train has ever gone.
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Whoa,
it is very steep.
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Whoooooo!
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The four-day,
coast-to-coast journey
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Goes across
remote farmland
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Get over
ya big bastard!
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(Teddy)
and a scorching-hot desert
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Known as
the nullarbor plain.
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There's nobody there.
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Anything can happen.
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Get ready
for the indian pacific!
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♪ ♪ ♪
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(Teddy)
australia is home
some of the most desolate,
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And harsh landscapes
in the world.
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This is typical
australian bush out here,
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It's pretty hot
and dry and desolate.
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As we call it,
the harshness of the bush.
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But yeah,
it's beautiful.
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(Teddy)
train passengers
flock from all corners of
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The globe to experience
this sizzling, barren continent,
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In total luxury.
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(Teddy)
it's 6am in east perth station,
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A small army of technicians,
attendants, and service staff
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Has just four hours to get the
giant train ready for departure.
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The indian
pacific is massive.
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Is almost a kilometer long
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And it gets its name
from the route it takes.
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Starting at the indian
ocean in perth,
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Travelling all the way to
the pacific ocean in sydney.
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Ann marie?
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Ann marie
receiving ann marie.
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He'd prefer k1 because it's
in the middle of the train.
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(Teddy)
running the operation is
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Twenty-three-year
veteran of the rails,
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Train manager,
bruce smith.
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♪ ♪ ♪
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From the back of the loco
to the back of the train,
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That's
my jurisdiction.
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I'm in charge of the
crew, the guests on board,
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And making sure that
everybody's having
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A really good time!
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Hey there bruce.
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Teddy.
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How are you?
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So it's a really
long train but how many
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Passengers do we
have on board?
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We've got
two hundred and forty
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Passengers today, Teddy.
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Wow.
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Yep.
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It's pretty full.
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And we're leaving pretty soon
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So what's on your
plate right now?
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A lot of operational
issues with the driver
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Getting the signals
get going, guest issues,
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Making sure everybody's
in their right place, and ya,
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It's like
a big jigsaw puzzle.
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(Teddy)
'big' is
an understatement!
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The train is a whopping
thirty carriages long.
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The motorail, a crew car, and
a power van are at the front.
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Sixteen accommodation
cars are spread throughout
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With three restaurant carriages
and two lounge cars to relax in.
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At the back of
the train is the luggage car,
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And
a second power van so there's
no shortage of electricity.
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This 775-meter train
is longer than seven
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Pro american football fields.
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There are two
different categories or classes
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On the
indian pacific.
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There's gold class
and platinum,
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And this is one of the platinum
rooms and as you can see,
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It's really, really nice.
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The chairs fold
down into a bed.
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There's a full bathroom
with shower, and a lot of
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Attention to detail
goes into this.
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This cabin costs up to 4,500
canadian dollars per person.
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And for a few hundred more
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Passengers can add
a unique piece of cargo.
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A cool feature the
indian pacific offers over other
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Trains is this
special wagon.
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It's called the 'motorail'
and as you can see it's
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Designed to haul cars.
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We've got eight so it's
a full load on today's train.
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David barnett makes sure every
car wheel is properly clamped.
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Always make sure
the pins are secure,
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'cuz
if the pin's not secure, and
the train's moving and jerking
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The
vehicle could just easily smack
into the back of the next car.
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These things could be
like y'know a weapon.
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Could wipe out
a whole train.
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(Teddy)
in November, 2017,
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The motorail did jump the tracks
just outside perth station,
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While moving at
10 kilometers an hour.
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Maintenance crews had
the train running
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Again 12 hours later.
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Lucky that no one got hurt
and that the vehicles
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Were safely
clamped down.
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Once they're all clamped
down, we close the gates,
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The loco will back up,
take it, and hook it on
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To the front of the train.
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With nearly
a kilometer's worth of
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Carriages being pulled behind,
there needs to be some serious
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Muscle up here at the front end
to make the indian pacific go.
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(Teddy)
that muscle is
a 132-ton beast
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Coming from a fleet of pacific
national rail locomotives.
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It's 4.25 meters tall,
2.94 meters wide,
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And 22 meters long.
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A turbocharged 16-cylinder
engine delivers 4,250 horsepower
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Which is needed to pull
the 14-hundred ton luxury
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Hotel across
australia's harshest landscapes.
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(Teddy)
before any locomotive can depart
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Drivers must give their
engine a complete spot-check.
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Our driver, paul lawrence,
will have to take care of
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The train if
anything goes wrong.
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We've gotta make sure
the fuel's ready,
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All the brakes are done,
top up any oil, any other
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Provisions that have
been used along the way.
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It's one of the most
remote places there are
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Really in the world
for train travel.
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(Teddy)
paul's been driving across
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Australia's remote
terrain for nearly a decade.
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He knows how a journey
through the middle of
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Nowhere can wreak
havoc on his train.
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You do get a variety of animals
and different things out there.
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Bigger animals tend to
do a lot of damage to
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All break pipes and you
get a lot of air leaks.
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If you get a big air leak
you can't apply the
brakes on the train,
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You'll have to fix that
before you can continue.
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(Teddy)
in the desert-like outback,
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Temperatures can
exceed 40 degrees celsius.
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That's the condensation that
builds up in the air system.
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(Teddy)
and can drop to
ten degrees the same night.
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Those wild temperature
swings turn air inside
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The pneumatic brake
pipes into water.
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I make sure there's no
water in the air system
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Otherwise the brakes
don't work properly.
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Ah, this is a compressor,
what gives us the air
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For the brakes for
the train, the locomotive,
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Make sure we can stop.
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If we have a compressor
fault, we get no more air
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Pumping through the train,
basically we would be stranded.
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We won't be able to go
anywhere until it's fixed.
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(Teddy)
only with paul's sign-off
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Can the locomotive report to
the station, ready for action.
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It looks all good on this loco,
we should be all good to go.
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(Teddy)
at east perth station,
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Paul couples his locomotive
to the rest of the train.
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(over radio)
keep the door open
or just lock it up, over?
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Leave it open until
the duty manager
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Goes through and
secures it mate, over.
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(Teddy)
at 7:30am the check-in desk is
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Open for passengers, who are
arriving by the busload.
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Good morning!
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How are you today?
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What name are
you booked under?
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(Teddy)
attendants have just
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Ninety minutes to
check in all 240 passengers
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And their four-tons of luggage.
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Oh hello, how are you?
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(Teddy)
our train manager, bruce,
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Has just
twenty-five minutes to run his
final checks before we depart.
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This is my lockdown sheet.
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It tells me which
hospitality attendant
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Is on which door.
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So they have to
lock and secure it.
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Thank you!
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Welcome aboard, folks!
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(Teddy)
bruce's deputy duty manager,
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Penny mcnamara, performs
that final cross check up
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The entire length
of the train.
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Making sure everything
is secure and not going
to flap open at track speed.
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(jenny over radio)
nr29 duty manager
calling to receiving, over.
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Are we alright
up here or what?
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Yeah, we should
be alright for an on time
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Departure today, we're
just at final stages of
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Our lockdown thanks, over.
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And we're off!
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Good morning
ladies and gentlemen.
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Welcome aboard
the indian pacific.
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(Teddy)
my 4,352 kilometer
journey has begun!
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(train horn blows)
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(Teddy)
from perth...
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We're rolling east on
a single-track line,
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Across the state
of western australia.
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After a stop in
kalgoorlie, we'll trek
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1000 kilometers across
the isolated nullarbor plain.
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After rounding the great
australian bight coastline,
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We'll make a
big stop in adelaide
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Before heading into
the state of new south wales.
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To scale the
blue mountains.
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We'll arrive in our final
destination of sydney
four days later.
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We're just pulling out of
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The train station
here in perth
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So our trip has begun!
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I'm so excited, we're going
to cross an entire continent.
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Multiple time zones,
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Sixteen different
natural landscapes.
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It's gonna be epic!
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Unless the wild australian
outback gets in our way.
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I've
been here twenty-three years and
ya, this would be the worst one.
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♪ ♪ ♪
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(Teddy)
I'm riding across australia
on the luxurious indian pacific.
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Ah!
Thank you, sabina.
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You're welcome.
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(Teddy)
fifty kilometers out of perth
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And the landscape
is shifting from coastal
bushlands to outback farms.
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The first
onboard meal is lunch.
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Keeping the food at
five-star quality means
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Chefs are masters of
cooking on the move.
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Every year the indian pacific
serves over 715,000 dishes
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They're all made in
kitchens like this one,
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There are three
of them on this train
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And they're
made by chefs like michael.
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So I can feel the train
moving now, how hard is
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It to prepare the food
when the kitchen is
rocking and rolling?
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Yeah, look man,
it's pretty hard!
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I see right here,
these aren't going anywhere?
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Yeah, so these are
done specifically for safety,
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For us, so with the train
rocking and rolling so much
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We're really gonna have the
shields up to protect the plates
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From falling onto my head
or ro's head at the back.
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With the stove top,
we're using electricity here
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'cuz
it's gonna be too dangerous for
us to have an active gas line.
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(Teddy)
the pressure is on
chef michael and his crew
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Of cooks to produce fine
dining meals from these
cramped quarters.
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We really want to showcase
the environment we're passing
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Through or the
destinations we're riding into
or where we're leaving from.
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So the importance of those
ingredients being good
quality is very high.
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Cookin' on the
indian pacific, right?
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Food up,
coming out.
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(Teddy)
our first scheduled stop
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Is still over 500
kilometers up the line,
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In the gold mining
town of kalgoorlie.
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(Teddy)
western australia's gold
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Industry exports 01
billion dollars in gold a year,
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And hires 20,000 people.
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But in the late 1800's
it was just getting started.
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One of the big reasons that
the railways exist in this
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Country in the first
place is because of gold.
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When it was discovered
here it prompted a big push
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For more railways to
be built so that miners
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Could get supplies and the
gold could be transported
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All across this
huge country.
248
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So the gold rush
starts in kalgoorlie in 1893.
249
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It's absolutely massive.
250
00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:30,615
(Teddy)
tim moore is
a kalgoorlie local
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And historian who's fascinated
by his town's golden past.
252
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They're mining literally
walls of gold out of the mines.
253
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So gold seams are like four
foot wide and eight foot thick.
254
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In 1903 was the largest
production of one and half
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Million ounces of
gold in just one year.
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00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:52,703
(Teddy)
for twenty years,
intense gold fever brought
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Thousands of people to western
australia from around the world,
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In the hopes
of striking it rich.
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The
problem with kalgoorlie, it's
out in the middle of nowhere.
260
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So all you've got is really
goat tracks leading
into this town.
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00:13:09,523 --> 00:13:11,389
(Teddy)
to cope with the growing
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Industry and population,
the government had to
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Build up the infrastructure.
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The gold rush funds
the rail construction
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Because they are
so cashed up.
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The railway is literally
the life-blood.
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It shifts goods and
services across the country.
268
00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:28,973
(Teddy)
3,000 workers risked
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00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:31,275
Their lives building the railway
through the desert on scorching
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00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:35,513
Hot days with no shade,
and little water.
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If the gold rush never happened
you wouldn't have the money
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To fund the building
the railway.
273
00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:47,925
(Teddy)
for over a century
freight and passenger trains
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Have shared the line
that was built by gold.
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It's 4300-odd
kilometers from sydney to perth
and there's only one track.
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Passing loops left, right
and center, about roughly every
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Sixty k so two
trains can pass but other than
that it's just a single track.
278
00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,312
(Teddy)
that means, that even at
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The first sign of
trouble on the track.
280
00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:15,987
(over radio)
national rail
traffic control adeliade,
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00:14:16,122 --> 00:14:19,857
Australia radio
control 3pg1 receiving.
282
00:14:19,893 --> 00:14:21,225
Yeah pg1, we've got
train authority w-6-2.
283
00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:24,095
(Teddy)
drivers start
worrying about delays.
284
00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:40,345
(Teddy)
the traffic control centre
285
00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:43,013
In adelaide is monitoring every
train on the single-track line,
286
00:14:43,049 --> 00:14:46,450
Including us.
287
00:14:46,486 --> 00:14:47,985
It's single track all
the way through to kalgoorlie,
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00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:51,155
So you have these crossing
locations with a main line
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00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:55,360
Running through and then
a crossing loop to
facilitate that.
290
00:14:55,494 --> 00:14:58,029
So we're looking to cross
the trains as efficiently
291
00:14:58,164 --> 00:15:00,665
As we can from one
end to the other.
292
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:02,333
(Teddy)
on board the indian pacific
293
00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:06,537
Traffic control is telling
our driver about a cargo
train derailment,
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Hundreds of kilometers
up the line.
295
00:15:10,510 --> 00:15:12,810
Train manager.
Two-nine.
296
00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,490
Yeah roger, mate.
297
00:15:26,526 --> 00:15:28,159
(Teddy)
the disaster ahead forces
298
00:15:28,294 --> 00:15:33,564
Our train
to make an unscheduled stop just
100 kilometers outside perth.
299
00:15:33,699 --> 00:15:36,000
We are sitting at avon yard,
what I know is that we have
300
00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:45,909
A west-bound
freight train, something
is amiss with that train.
301
00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,012
(Teddy)
as bruce checks in
with traffic control,
302
00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:50,548
He knows a derailment on
the single-track line could
303
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:55,219
Have serious implications
for our journey.
304
00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:57,821
So what's happened bruce?
305
00:15:57,857 --> 00:16:00,458
There has been a massive
derailment up ahead of us.
306
00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:06,431
So we're basically
here, stopped, waiting.
307
00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:10,101
♪ ♪ ♪
308
00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:13,438
(Teddy)
the indian pacific
train is at a standstill
309
00:16:13,572 --> 00:16:17,575
On my 4,300 kilometer
journey across australia.
310
00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:18,876
We've been stopped
for quite a while.
311
00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:20,811
We weren't sure exactly
what was going on but
312
00:16:20,847 --> 00:16:25,483
We just now got word that a
train further up the track
has derailed.
313
00:16:27,086 --> 00:16:29,086
(Teddy)
just 100 kilometers
314
00:16:29,122 --> 00:16:31,556
East of perth we're stopped
at avon yard station.
315
00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:35,426
The derailed freight train
is 700 kilometers up
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00:16:35,462 --> 00:16:37,128
The line, near coonana.
317
00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:39,730
(Teddy)
the cause of the
incident is unknown,
318
00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:43,434
But the mangled track
clearly means trouble.
319
00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:45,602
And the temporary
maintenance line is
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00:16:45,638 --> 00:16:48,973
Off-limits for all
non-essential rail traffic
321
00:16:49,108 --> 00:16:53,745
Including our
indian pacific train.
322
00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:56,747
With a damaged
track blocking the path
323
00:16:56,783 --> 00:16:59,717
Our only option is
to head back to perth.
324
00:16:59,753 --> 00:17:01,752
No one hurt, but I mean,
this kind of threw us
325
00:17:01,788 --> 00:17:03,921
Off track in terms
of our trip, right?
326
00:17:03,957 --> 00:17:05,790
Ya, it's just put us
completely off the track
327
00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:08,125
And we've just had to turn
around and come back where
328
00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:11,195
We started from,
that's perth.
329
00:17:11,330 --> 00:17:13,030
This is not a common
occurrence right?
330
00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:15,099
No, it's not a
common occurrence!
331
00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:16,601
I've been here
twenty-three years and ya,
332
00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:18,336
This would be
the worst one.
333
00:17:19,406 --> 00:17:20,838
(Teddy)
nearly two hours later
334
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:25,342
And we're back in perth where
240 sydney-bound passengers
335
00:17:25,378 --> 00:17:30,014
Will have to scramble
to make new travel plans.
336
00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:30,981
You've got a lot to do.
Thanks, bruce.
337
00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:31,949
Thanks Teddy.
338
00:17:31,984 --> 00:17:34,751
Thanks, boys.
Right.
339
00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:36,521
(Teddy)
while I wait for the line
340
00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:42,759
Between perth
and sydney to reopen
341
00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:44,629
I'm getting a closer
look at the land
342
00:17:44,763 --> 00:17:51,068
The indian pacific has
to battle on every journey.
343
00:17:51,104 --> 00:17:52,637
Ooh! The terrain is
very difficult out here
344
00:17:52,771 --> 00:17:54,972
And we're getting a close up
look at what it must have been
345
00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:58,643
Like to lay the rail
line here over 101 years ago.
346
00:17:58,777 --> 00:18:01,446
Just driving in a 4x4
here is difficult!
347
00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,480
Wayne roberts has
been off-roading in this
348
00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:07,218
Rugged area for
over thirty years.
349
00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:08,619
He's an expert in the
treacherous terrain on
350
00:18:08,721 --> 00:18:11,722
The indian pacific's route.
351
00:18:11,758 --> 00:18:13,057
What is the
land here like?
352
00:18:13,192 --> 00:18:14,291
What is it comprised of?
353
00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:16,026
Is it hard rock
is it mud?
354
00:18:16,062 --> 00:18:17,828
It's hard rock and mud,
we get a lot of clay around here
355
00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:21,933
As you can see we're getting
a lot of clay right now.
356
00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:26,537
What would have been
the difficulties they faced
357
00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:31,041
Laying the track here
especially all those years ago?
358
00:18:31,077 --> 00:18:33,010
Seeing this area
for example you've got
359
00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:36,881
The mud, some seriously hard
rock, and then you've got
360
00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:39,650
The wildlife which y'know
would've been amongst
361
00:18:39,686 --> 00:18:42,553
The snakes, kangaroos,
and so on.
362
00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:43,754
(Teddy)
not only that
363
00:18:43,790 --> 00:18:45,189
The avon river is
flood-prone, so the railway
364
00:18:45,324 --> 00:18:49,860
Was built inland and raised
to keep the trains dry.
365
00:18:49,896 --> 00:18:51,862
If you had the choice
of building a railway line here
366
00:18:51,898 --> 00:18:53,397
When
you didn't have to build here
I probably wouldn't build here!
367
00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:56,667
It's quite difficult
to get around on!
368
00:18:56,703 --> 00:19:02,940
But in saying that
the tracks have held up.
369
00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,675
(Teddy)
it takes a week to clear
370
00:19:04,711 --> 00:19:07,311
The debris from the derailment.
371
00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:09,846
I'm back in perth.
372
00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:10,815
Hello,
good morning!
373
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:11,949
How are you?
374
00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,150
(Teddy)
where indian pacific train crews
375
00:19:13,186 --> 00:19:16,053
Are prepping the next journey.
376
00:19:16,089 --> 00:19:17,188
We're going to give
this another crack,
377
00:19:17,223 --> 00:19:19,323
And hopefully fewer
complications this time!
378
00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:20,958
We're ready to go
to cross the desert
379
00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,461
All the way to sydney!
380
00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:26,563
(over radio)
I am receiving john.
381
00:19:26,599 --> 00:19:28,098
Hey damien, I'm just about
to lock and secure car
382
00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:30,568
I's door and we should be ready
for a ten o'clock departure.
383
00:19:30,703 --> 00:19:34,739
Over.
384
00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:38,175
(Teddy)
we're back on our
4300 kilometer journey
385
00:19:38,211 --> 00:19:40,644
From perth to sydney.
386
00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:44,715
Look,
they even gave me a glass of
champagne to start my journey.
387
00:19:44,817 --> 00:19:49,119
It's a good trip already!
388
00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:51,556
After an hour
we're through avon yard
389
00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:57,528
And the train picks up
speed from 80 to 110
kilometers per hour.
390
00:19:57,564 --> 00:20:00,264
(train horn blows)
391
00:20:00,399 --> 00:20:02,066
(Teddy)
we're on track to reach
392
00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:12,543
The mining town of kalgoorlie,
600 kilometers from perth,
at 9pm tonight.
393
00:20:12,579 --> 00:20:13,778
I've got
the chicken here for you.
394
00:20:13,912 --> 00:20:15,145
(Teddy)
as guests enjoy
an elegant supper
395
00:20:15,181 --> 00:20:19,684
Chef michael is struggling
to keep up in his kitchen.
396
00:20:19,818 --> 00:20:22,219
I'm just checking
the wagyu bresaola because
397
00:20:22,255 --> 00:20:24,088
It had a little bit of an
issue with the maintenance
398
00:20:24,223 --> 00:20:26,390
Of these fridges so the
temperature wasn't looking
399
00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:28,726
Exactly where
we wanted it.
400
00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:30,595
The important thing at
this moment in time is
401
00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:34,332
That I don't get
any higher rise of temperature.
402
00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:35,832
(Teddy)
if the fridge fails we're
403
00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:41,171
Still 2,000 kilometers,
and 36 hours from adelaide
404
00:20:41,207 --> 00:20:43,874
Where any spoiled food,
broken parts or even
405
00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:51,582
The entire carriage
can be replaced.
406
00:20:51,618 --> 00:20:55,686
Colin
dow is the indian pacific's
onboard train technician.
407
00:20:55,722 --> 00:21:00,190
Still runnin',
still got power there.
408
00:21:00,226 --> 00:21:03,794
(Teddy)
at 9-pm we
arrive in kalgoorlie.
409
00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:07,865
While passengers step out to
explore the town's mining past
410
00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:09,300
Enjoy your evening!
411
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:10,635
Thank you.
412
00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:13,203
(Teddy)
colin's top priority is solving
413
00:21:13,239 --> 00:21:25,115
The kitchen's refrigeration
problem before we leave in
four hours time.
414
00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:28,519
I've come under here to find out
where the source was coming from
415
00:21:28,654 --> 00:21:31,788
That was tripping the breaker
and I've actually found it,
416
00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:33,090
And I believe it to be
417
00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:35,426
The solenoid is sticking.
418
00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:38,329
The solenoid actually
releases the gas to keep
419
00:21:38,364 --> 00:21:42,233
The fridge cool,
lets the gas go through.
420
00:21:42,368 --> 00:21:44,835
I don't have a
replacement for it.
421
00:21:44,937 --> 00:21:46,203
(Teddy)
colin cleans the solenoid
422
00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:48,305
And makes some adjustments.
423
00:21:48,341 --> 00:21:50,841
Keep our fingers crossed
that it stays working
424
00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:52,843
Until we
get back to adelaide.
425
00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:59,249
It's holding at the moment,
so that's the main thing.
426
00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:01,151
(Teddy)
we're back on our way.
427
00:22:01,187 --> 00:22:04,555
And after an overnight
trip from kalgoorlie
428
00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:07,758
We'll wake up in
the desolate nullarbor plain
429
00:22:07,794 --> 00:22:18,602
Where herds of animals
can stop trains in their tracks.
430
00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:21,138
Get over ya big bastard!
431
00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,874
(train horn blows)
432
00:22:24,777 --> 00:22:26,877
♪ ♪ ♪
433
00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,145
(Teddy)
've made it to the second day
434
00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:31,982
Of my transcontinental
journey across australia.
435
00:22:33,218 --> 00:22:34,952
After leaving
kalgoorlie last night,
436
00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:38,555
We slept through a 412
kilometer ride to wake up
437
00:22:38,591 --> 00:22:40,725
For breakfast
in rawlinna.
438
00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:45,896
A tiny town 1,010
kilometers east of perth.
439
00:22:45,998 --> 00:22:55,339
Good morning,
just your wake up call!
440
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:56,540
(Teddy)
train driver,
lance littlewood,
441
00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:59,309
Is scheduled to pull
the indian pacific onto
442
00:22:59,345 --> 00:23:04,815
Rawlinna's passing loop
so freight trains can go by.
443
00:23:04,851 --> 00:23:07,284
Duty manager, damien
rawlings, prepares for
444
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:09,653
Passengers to step out.
445
00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:12,623
Train's all yours duty manager.
446
00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:15,091
Nr26. Red light red light.
447
00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:16,727
(Teddy)
rawlinna station used to operate
448
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:22,032
As a mail
outpost where trains delivered
goods for farming communities.
449
00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:23,233
So we're
in rawlinna.
450
00:23:23,269 --> 00:23:25,436
And where we are,
about twelve kilometers away,
451
00:23:25,471 --> 00:23:28,138
It's one of the largest
sheep stations in australia
452
00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:30,273
And at one time,
sixty thousand sheep.
453
00:23:30,309 --> 00:23:33,844
So it's a lot of
sheep shorn there.
454
00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:35,612
(Teddy)
with so many sheep spread over
455
00:23:35,648 --> 00:23:43,353
A million
hectares of land, flocks are
often herded using helicopters.
456
00:23:43,389 --> 00:23:44,789
This is one of
the first opportunities
457
00:23:44,923 --> 00:23:46,924
Where the guests actually get
out for a bit of a leg stretch
458
00:23:47,059 --> 00:23:49,593
There's egg
and bacon sliders.
459
00:23:49,629 --> 00:23:51,728
Thanks.
460
00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:53,663
Uh tea and coffee and just
a fantastic way to experience
461
00:23:53,699 --> 00:23:59,703
Such a remote place.
462
00:23:59,739 --> 00:24:02,239
And
what do you think about seeing
the country from this train?
463
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:04,975
It's been quite
exciting, you see a lot!
464
00:24:05,011 --> 00:24:09,746
You get to stay in the
same hotel more than one night.
465
00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,648
And the fact that
everything is done for you
466
00:24:11,684 --> 00:24:13,783
And the train is
especially delightful
467
00:24:13,819 --> 00:24:26,096
For that kind of experience.
468
00:24:26,132 --> 00:24:27,397
We departed rawlinna
at zero-eight-zero-three.
469
00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:28,532
(Teddy)
from rawlinna, lance littlewood,
470
00:24:28,568 --> 00:24:30,501
And his driving partner,
cole seaton, will take us
471
00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:34,705
Almost 500 kilometers
to the town of cook.
472
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:37,340
Combined, lance and cole
have been driving trains
473
00:24:37,376 --> 00:24:39,510
For more than half a
century and have crossed
474
00:24:39,612 --> 00:24:45,549
Australia
thousands of times.
475
00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:49,719
One of the challenges of
the job is the fatigue angle.
476
00:24:49,755 --> 00:24:52,656
It's not for everybody.
477
00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:54,324
Because it is a
twelve hour shift between
478
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:58,262
Here
and cook and kalgoorlie you've
got to have a two man crew.
479
00:24:58,397 --> 00:25:03,500
So twelve hours, we'll
work roughly a quarter each.
480
00:25:03,536 --> 00:25:04,935
Some blokes,
they work out here over
481
00:25:04,971 --> 00:25:09,473
Thirty years on the same
trip through here.
482
00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:13,177
It's a great job,
I love what I do, yeah.
483
00:25:13,312 --> 00:25:15,479
Probably do it
'till I retire.
484
00:25:15,515 --> 00:25:19,215
(Teddy)
they're taking us across
the desolate nullarbor plain
485
00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,251
A flat, treeless desert,
486
00:25:21,287 --> 00:25:24,821
Eleven-hundred kilometers
from west to east
487
00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:27,558
The nullarbor boasts
the longest straight stretch
488
00:25:27,593 --> 00:25:32,696
Of railway track on earth,
at 478 kilometers long.
489
00:25:32,831 --> 00:25:34,064
Not one curve
all the way to cook.
490
00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:36,433
(Teddy)
here, the indian pacific
491
00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:39,303
Maintains its top speed
of 115 kilometers an hour
492
00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:42,005
And drivers need
to stay alert.
493
00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:44,308
The last place you want
to have an accident,
494
00:25:44,443 --> 00:25:47,844
Is hundreds of
kilometers from help.
495
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,715
That's right,
we're stuck.
496
00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:53,617
We're stuck up
here for twelve hours.
497
00:25:53,652 --> 00:25:56,653
That's the worst
thing, derailments.
498
00:25:56,689 --> 00:25:58,989
(Teddy)
one major cause of
derailments are the herds
499
00:25:59,025 --> 00:26:01,625
Of wild animals and
livestock that cross
500
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:03,927
The tracks in the
middle of nowhere.
501
00:26:03,963 --> 00:26:05,329
(train horn blows)
502
00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:09,033
Get over it ya big bastard!
503
00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:10,734
I was just waiting
for that big one to get across.
504
00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:14,137
It didn't look like
he wanted to go.
505
00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:19,176
You got cows,
kangaroos, emus, camels.
506
00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:23,413
If you hit one of them you
know, you can do damage
the front.
507
00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:26,951
Camels are heavy, they'll
smash your windscreen.
508
00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:29,453
Derail, lift up
the carriages.
509
00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:32,288
They're a real problem.
510
00:26:32,324 --> 00:26:33,490
(Teddy)
another problem for trains
511
00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:38,462
At top speed are damaged tracks.
512
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:43,334
Up the line,
beyond the nullarbor.
513
00:26:43,468 --> 00:26:46,036
You gotta watch out
they can cross in front of ya.
514
00:26:46,072 --> 00:26:47,437
(Teddy)
teams of track technicians
515
00:26:47,473 --> 00:26:51,875
Travel across hundreds of
kilometers of railway every day.
516
00:26:52,010 --> 00:26:53,610
They're visually
inspecting the rails
517
00:26:53,646 --> 00:26:57,581
For cracks, chips and kinks.
518
00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,216
If we're driving along
a straight like this
519
00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:02,086
Then you can see a,
like a snake in the track.
520
00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:04,088
And if it's not safe
we'll have to get out,
521
00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:06,991
Get an excavator out here,
align it, tamp it and make sure
522
00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:11,761
It's all safe before
we let a train pass over it.
523
00:27:11,797 --> 00:27:13,196
As you can see
the defect's there.
524
00:27:13,232 --> 00:27:14,999
It has a crack
down through the rail.
525
00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:18,135
It needs to be replaced.
526
00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:19,803
(Teddy)
the damaged tracks are reported,
527
00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:23,774
Before maintenance
crews are dispatched.
528
00:27:26,078 --> 00:27:27,911
Machine you see
here is the tamper.
529
00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:30,681
As you can see that
it's lifting the track,
530
00:27:30,716 --> 00:27:34,050
It's lining the track
side to side and it's pressing
531
00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:35,752
The ballast
underneath the sleepers.
532
00:27:35,788 --> 00:27:37,087
(Teddy)
technician james croke,
533
00:27:37,123 --> 00:27:41,858
Specializes in track
leveling and realignment.
534
00:27:41,894 --> 00:27:46,196
The tamping machine has
a sidekick that keeps
it in line.
535
00:27:46,298 --> 00:27:48,832
Well what we've got here,
this is our laser gun.
536
00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:51,835
It's held in
place by the cradle.
537
00:27:51,871 --> 00:27:56,340
It's a simple as shining
the laser to the laser
538
00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:58,308
Receiver on the machine.
539
00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:00,944
(Teddy)
from 400 meters up the track
540
00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:04,614
The laser is beamed from
the trolley to a receiver
541
00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:07,051
At the front of
the tamping machine.
542
00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:09,853
The machine locks
onto the laser beam
543
00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:13,757
And follows it as a guide
for how high to lift the tracks,
544
00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:16,159
Bringing them
to proper alignment.
545
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:17,927
Yeah, the machine is
locked into the laser beam
546
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:20,497
There and it's going to
pull four hundred meters
547
00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,266
Of track
perfectly straight.
548
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,634
This machine is capable
549
00:28:24,670 --> 00:28:27,037
Of about seven hundred meters
an hour and this machine does
550
00:28:27,073 --> 00:28:35,345
The work that used to
take a hundred men.
551
00:28:35,381 --> 00:28:39,549
After fulfilling train
authority, w42, proceed to cook.
552
00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:45,221
By 11 am the temperature
outside is already over
40 degrees celsius.
553
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:47,858
In this heat, a power,
or air conditioning failure
554
00:28:47,893 --> 00:28:51,295
Could make life on board
the train unbearable
555
00:28:51,429 --> 00:28:53,363
Or even deadly.
556
00:29:01,073 --> 00:29:02,606
(Teddy)
the indian pacific's
557
00:29:02,675 --> 00:29:04,975
Onboard technician, colin dow,
keeps close tabs on both
power vans.
558
00:29:05,010 --> 00:29:09,479
Each van runs three
108 kilowatt generators.
559
00:29:09,515 --> 00:29:14,051
Combined, they produce
enough electricity to
run twenty-two houses.
560
00:29:14,186 --> 00:29:16,920
This is very vital,
that they run 100%,
561
00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:22,692
That supplies power to
most of the carriages
on this train.
562
00:29:22,728 --> 00:29:26,162
I check the oil every day.
563
00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:27,297
This is good
at the moment.
564
00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:33,103
It's at the right level.
565
00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:34,538
Well, up ahead after here
566
00:29:34,673 --> 00:29:37,574
Is forrest, no shops in
forrest so we'll have to
567
00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:41,177
Stop in forrest and unload
it on the south side.
568
00:29:41,213 --> 00:29:42,646
(Teddy)
forrest is just an air strip,
569
00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,882
The train station
and a bed and breakfast,
570
00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:49,619
All run by the town's
two permanent residents.
571
00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,956
For ilsa jones and lee gilmour,
the closest supermarket is
572
00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:57,628
A one-thousand-one-hundred
kilometer round trip.
573
00:29:59,565 --> 00:30:00,264
Heyguys,
how are you?
574
00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:01,097
I'm lee.
575
00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:01,665
Good.
576
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,233
Teddy.
577
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:03,967
Hello.
578
00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:05,401
Ilsa.
579
00:30:05,437 --> 00:30:06,336
Great to meet you.
580
00:30:06,372 --> 00:30:07,271
So this is forrest?
581
00:30:07,405 --> 00:30:08,438
Yes it is.
582
00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:11,275
We're almost halfway
across australia now
583
00:30:11,409 --> 00:30:12,342
In the middle
of the nullarbor.
584
00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:12,876
And you two are
the only residents?
585
00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:13,610
Yep, full time.
586
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:16,780
Population two.
587
00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:18,548
And what's the delivery
they're going to offload today?
588
00:30:18,584 --> 00:30:20,516
Some chemist stuff.
589
00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:22,719
There's the mail
bag obviously.
590
00:30:22,754 --> 00:30:23,587
There's beer too, right?
591
00:30:23,656 --> 00:30:25,622
Yeah!
592
00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,058
Is the indian pacific
the only way you get the type
of stuff you're getting today?
593
00:30:28,093 --> 00:30:29,860
Ya, it is.
594
00:30:29,895 --> 00:30:31,995
It's our lifeline
basically to all
595
00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:33,363
The supplies that
we need at forest.
596
00:30:33,399 --> 00:30:36,032
Ya, if we were cut off
from here you know then
597
00:30:36,068 --> 00:30:38,368
We
couldn't run the business, you
couldn't run the accommodation.
598
00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:40,370
It would be hard to get
all the necessary supplies
599
00:30:40,406 --> 00:30:44,274
To repair stuff so the
indian pacific is that.
600
00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:45,375
All right.
601
00:30:45,411 --> 00:30:46,009
Well we've got to
get back on the train.
602
00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:46,576
Lovely to meet you.
603
00:30:46,612 --> 00:30:47,577
Yes and you too.
604
00:30:47,613 --> 00:30:48,712
It's been a pleasure.
605
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:49,746
Have a good one.
606
00:30:49,781 --> 00:30:52,282
Not too many flies.
607
00:30:52,318 --> 00:30:53,016
How's it going?
608
00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:54,751
Good!
609
00:30:54,786 --> 00:30:55,385
Yourself?
610
00:30:55,421 --> 00:30:56,119
How ya goin'?
611
00:30:56,254 --> 00:30:57,954
Here's a little light one.
612
00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:59,956
Yep, nice wet one!
613
00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:01,691
Aaaaahhhh!
614
00:31:01,727 --> 00:31:02,826
We'll see
ya next time.
615
00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:06,530
Cheers!
616
00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:09,632
(Teddy)
from here until our next stop
617
00:31:09,668 --> 00:31:15,171
In cook, it's 300 kilometers
with no bend in sight.
618
00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:16,907
For drivers,
lance and cole,
619
00:31:16,942 --> 00:31:19,475
It's lunch time.
620
00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:22,546
If we feel the need to cook
our own food we have a hotplate,
621
00:31:22,681 --> 00:31:28,752
A fridge to store our food
and a fry pan to cook
our food on.
622
00:31:28,821 --> 00:31:30,820
(Teddy)
for security purposes,
623
00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:33,823
The drivers cab is locked
down so there's no access
624
00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:37,094
To the train's master chefs.
625
00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:38,895
How would you like
your gammon done, spider?
626
00:31:38,931 --> 00:31:41,998
Medium?
627
00:31:42,034 --> 00:31:43,800
Culinary delight.
628
00:31:43,836 --> 00:31:45,635
(Teddy)
before cole can dig in
629
00:31:45,671 --> 00:31:53,443
The train stops for
another isolated mail drop.
630
00:31:53,479 --> 00:31:56,045
That's it man,
that's everything?
631
00:31:56,081 --> 00:31:58,982
(Teddy)
and a shift
change for the drivers.
632
00:31:59,117 --> 00:31:59,883
Lance is
the unlucky one.
633
00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:01,351
He gets to eat my cooking.
634
00:32:01,387 --> 00:32:02,252
It looks
very tasty cole.
635
00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:03,553
You've done
a very good job.
636
00:32:03,589 --> 00:32:05,088
No criticism accepted.
637
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:06,656
There's lunch.
638
00:32:06,692 --> 00:32:09,993
Lovely.
639
00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:20,971
(Teddy)
as we race
across the nullarbor
640
00:32:21,006 --> 00:32:23,239
Maintenance crews up
the line, are battling
641
00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:31,315
Temperatures above
forty degrees celsius.
642
00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:37,420
Extreme hot weather
can get up to 47-48, which
can cause buckle of the line.
643
00:32:37,456 --> 00:32:39,956
(Teddy)
buckled tracks derail trains,
644
00:32:39,992 --> 00:32:43,793
So the team fights
the heat with fire!
645
00:32:43,829 --> 00:32:48,065
This will stop
derailments from happening.
646
00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:52,035
♪ ♪ ♪
647
00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:53,303
(Teddy)
the indian pacific is nearly
648
00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:57,207
Half way through its'
trek across australia.
649
00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:00,310
More than 1500 kilometers
from perth, we're approaching
650
00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:04,314
The town of cook,
the only scheduled stop
651
00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:12,088
Across the nullarbor plain.
652
00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:15,158
Be enough to get
through to port augusta.
653
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:17,260
(Teddy)
cook was established as
654
00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:20,831
An important rest stop
for trains and their passengers.
655
00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:24,300
But when the railway
changed ownership in 1997,
656
00:33:24,336 --> 00:33:27,270
The new owners
cut operating costs
657
00:33:27,306 --> 00:33:30,507
Except vital train services
like fuel and water,
658
00:33:30,542 --> 00:33:32,642
Cook was shut down.
659
00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:36,713
Today it's a ghost town
with a population of four.
660
00:33:36,749 --> 00:33:39,449
Look at that, it says,
"if you're crook come to cook"
661
00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:42,385
And crook is actually australian
slang for sick and it says that
662
00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:44,054
Because there used to be
a big hospital here when it
663
00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:51,928
Used to be known as the
'queen city of the nullarbor'.
664
00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:54,697
Not today.
665
00:33:54,733 --> 00:33:56,533
(Teddy)
after nearly 1,100 kilometers
666
00:33:56,568 --> 00:34:00,002
Through the scorching
heat, colin the train tech gives
667
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:04,775
The indian pacific
some serious attention.
668
00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:05,675
I'm looking for
the bearing housing temperatures
669
00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:07,110
See what
the temperature is.
670
00:34:07,145 --> 00:34:09,812
Forty-seven degrees at
the moment it can lead
671
00:34:09,848 --> 00:34:12,949
To possible overheating
and it can seize up and cause
672
00:34:12,985 --> 00:34:15,318
Derailments as well.
673
00:34:15,353 --> 00:34:17,220
We're looking pretty
good at the moment.
674
00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:17,988
(Teddy)
at the same time,
675
00:34:18,123 --> 00:34:20,923
Every water tank is refilled.
676
00:34:20,959 --> 00:34:25,829
Once full, the indian pacific
carries 22 tons of water.
677
00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,999
So all the wagons
will be watered and we've also
678
00:34:29,134 --> 00:34:31,268
Taken water on
here on the loco.
679
00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:33,236
(Teddy)
every week 120-thousand liters
680
00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:37,107
Of fresh water is shipped
into cook by cargo train,
681
00:34:37,242 --> 00:34:45,181
And stored in silos ready
for the indian pacific.
682
00:34:45,217 --> 00:34:50,186
(Teddy)
finally, the 12,500-liter
fuel tank gets topped up.
683
00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:52,555
I'm putting in another 6000
and that will get us all the way
684
00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,658
Through to sydney.
685
00:34:56,895 --> 00:34:58,695
Are you receiving, over?
686
00:34:58,730 --> 00:34:59,830
(over radio)
yeah.
687
00:34:59,964 --> 00:35:00,863
Done the wheel
bearing inspection
688
00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:07,770
And everything's
ready to go over.
689
00:35:07,806 --> 00:35:10,640
(Teddy)
from cook, we're
traveling through the night.
690
00:35:11,743 --> 00:35:16,479
It's over fifteen hours and
1,100 kilometers to adelaide.
691
00:35:16,515 --> 00:35:18,248
Look at this,
the landscape outside has
692
00:35:18,317 --> 00:35:20,483
Changed dramatically,
as it opens up, you can see
693
00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:22,619
All that green,
all those trees.
694
00:35:22,754 --> 00:35:26,723
That's because we've come
through the nullarbor
plain now.
695
00:35:26,758 --> 00:35:28,157
(Teddy)
we're out of the desert,
696
00:35:28,193 --> 00:35:35,965
But temperatures still routinely
hit close to 50 degrees celsius.
697
00:35:36,001 --> 00:35:40,203
Up the line maintenance crews
are battling the outback heat.
698
00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:41,304
Get ready!
699
00:35:41,439 --> 00:35:42,338
Rattle!
700
00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:43,740
(rattling)
701
00:35:43,775 --> 00:35:45,408
(Teddy)
but here temperature swings
702
00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:47,544
Expand and contract the rails
703
00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:51,814
Causing buckling
and cracks in the track.
704
00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,717
To fill those cracks,
the crew uses a technique called
705
00:35:54,753 --> 00:35:58,955
Continuously welded
rail, or cwr.
706
00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:01,658
That involves taking
joints out of the track
707
00:36:01,693 --> 00:36:07,396
And continuously
welding it out.
708
00:36:07,432 --> 00:36:10,366
You have your molten
steel which is in your pot.
709
00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:14,704
This is the molten steel
which we'll drop into the mold.
710
00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:19,609
So they're preparing
that mold, yes, so then
711
00:36:19,711 --> 00:36:21,111
Your pot sits on top,
your molten steel drops down
712
00:36:21,246 --> 00:36:23,880
In it and it'll mold onto
your steel, your rail,
713
00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:27,017
And that will hold it.
714
00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:28,618
(Teddy)
with every joint
the maintenance crew
715
00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:31,721
Eliminates the railway
becomes stronger
716
00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:35,458
And trains can go faster.
717
00:36:35,493 --> 00:36:37,794
At the moment this track
speed is thirty-five k's an hour
718
00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:41,364
And once we finish cwr,
and adjust it, the track
719
00:36:41,399 --> 00:36:42,665
Will be up
to sixty k's an hour.
720
00:36:42,701 --> 00:36:44,133
So that's a big increase.
721
00:36:44,169 --> 00:36:48,605
Increases efficiency
and it's good for everyone.
722
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,740
(Teddy)
day 3 on the
indian pacific begins
723
00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:54,344
2,700 kilometers east
of perth, with an early
724
00:36:54,379 --> 00:37:02,419
Morning arrival in
the city of adelaide.
725
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:06,155
Passengers can step off
to grab breakfast in the city
726
00:37:06,191 --> 00:37:11,861
While the indian
pacific gets is getting its most
dramatic overhaul of the trip.
727
00:37:11,996 --> 00:37:14,130
Wayne,
who's out the back?
728
00:37:14,166 --> 00:37:15,832
What are you up to?
729
00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:17,467
(Teddy)
adelaide station.
730
00:37:17,569 --> 00:37:19,201
Warehouse manager, tony wall
has been getting ready
since dawn.
731
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:26,042
With
the indian pacific it is only
a three-hour turnaround today.
732
00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:30,279
Totally got the ticking
clock going in the back
of the head.
733
00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:31,948
(Teddy)
tony's stocking the train
734
00:37:31,984 --> 00:37:33,916
With enough food, drinks
and supplies to get
735
00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:38,455
The indian pacific to
sydney, then back to adelaide.
736
00:37:38,556 --> 00:37:40,056
This will be the whole lot.
737
00:37:40,092 --> 00:37:42,325
This will be all the food,
all the linen that will be
738
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,593
Exchanged throughout
the journey.
739
00:37:43,629 --> 00:37:46,162
Everything emanates
from adelaide.
740
00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:47,430
(Teddy)
while tony's team provisions
741
00:37:47,565 --> 00:37:53,069
The train, colin, checks
on the refrigeration system.
742
00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:58,841
It's actually working now,
two point five degrees.
743
00:37:58,877 --> 00:38:00,944
(Teddy)
then the train
gets split in half
744
00:38:02,481 --> 00:38:03,913
Are you receiving operations?
745
00:38:04,048 --> 00:38:06,015
(Teddy)
and both halves
are sent to the adelaide
746
00:38:06,051 --> 00:38:07,851
Maintenance center
for a scrub.
747
00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:10,120
We wash it every week.
748
00:38:10,254 --> 00:38:11,988
The appearance on the outside
is crucial for our guests.
749
00:38:12,024 --> 00:38:14,457
But just as important,
we have a number of components
750
00:38:14,459 --> 00:38:18,728
Underneath
the train that it's vitally
important also to get clean.
751
00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:20,530
(Teddy)
untreated dirt buildup prevents
752
00:38:20,665 --> 00:38:24,667
The components from working
at 100 percent and can add
753
00:38:24,703 --> 00:38:32,508
Thousands of kilograms
in unnecessary weight.
754
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:33,943
It's gleaming in the sun now.
755
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:37,347
It's almost ready
for departure.
756
00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:38,781
(Teddy)
with the sparkling train
757
00:38:38,817 --> 00:38:43,019
Back at the platform,
the final items are loaded
758
00:38:43,055 --> 00:38:48,124
And a familiar face takes
control as train manager!
759
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:52,161
Ladies and gentlemen,
we need to board the
train folks.
760
00:38:52,197 --> 00:38:53,697
Thank you, folks!
761
00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:56,399
How are you mate?
762
00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:57,299
Good to see
you again man!
763
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:58,534
Good, good.
764
00:38:58,570 --> 00:38:59,435
Listen, I'm going to make
sure we get to where we're
765
00:38:59,471 --> 00:39:00,737
Going this time mate.
766
00:39:00,772 --> 00:39:02,405
We've already gotten
a lot farther than last time.
767
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:03,573
I'm glad you're
back with us though, man.
768
00:39:03,642 --> 00:39:05,475
Glad to see ya mate!
769
00:39:05,544 --> 00:39:06,843
All aboard folks!
770
00:39:06,878 --> 00:39:10,680
All aboard,
thank you.
771
00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:20,757
Let's be having
you gentlemen.
772
00:39:20,792 --> 00:39:22,192
(Teddy)
before leaving adelaide,
773
00:39:22,326 --> 00:39:28,298
A second locomotive was added
to provide extra horsepower.
774
00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:30,367
Will need it for tomorrow's
climb up the blue mountains.
775
00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:32,468
After adelaide the indian
pacific's headed into the most
776
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:35,171
Remote part of our journey,
where there are no roads,
777
00:39:35,207 --> 00:39:37,507
No maintenance facilities,
778
00:39:37,642 --> 00:39:40,610
And no help if
anything goes wrong.
779
00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:42,879
Before we reach our destination
we have to pass through
780
00:39:42,914 --> 00:39:47,283
Drought-ravaged bushlands
that can become tinder in
781
00:39:47,318 --> 00:39:50,353
Australia's hot,
dry summers.
782
00:39:50,389 --> 00:39:52,489
You can get a lot of
lightning strikes
783
00:39:52,623 --> 00:39:54,924
Causing brush fire
and they can impact on us.
784
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,861
♪ ♪ ♪
785
00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:01,397
(Teddy)
it's the end of
my third day in australia,
786
00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:06,269
Aboard the legendary
indian pacific.
787
00:40:06,304 --> 00:40:08,371
From adelaide, we're
rolling towards broken
788
00:40:08,506 --> 00:40:15,678
Hill station in the
state of new south wales.
789
00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:18,047
Broken hill's our
final stop of the day
790
00:40:18,083 --> 00:40:23,486
Where the indian pacific
takes on its last load of water.
791
00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:26,856
Seven thirty we'll take it
out and head off to sydney mate.
792
00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:28,992
Easy as.
793
00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:33,029
(train horn blows)
794
00:40:33,064 --> 00:40:36,632
(Teddy)
from here it's a 1,000
kilometer overnight ride
795
00:40:36,668 --> 00:40:44,874
Until we reach
the blue mountains.
796
00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:46,476
(Teddy)
the highest peak
in the blue mountains is
797
00:40:46,611 --> 00:40:50,446
Nearly 1200 meters
above sea level.
798
00:40:50,482 --> 00:40:53,082
Okay, this is probably part
of the steepest plate through
799
00:40:53,217 --> 00:40:58,120
The blue mountains can play
havoc in the wet with the locos.
800
00:40:58,156 --> 00:41:00,757
(Teddy)
10 kilometers from here,
tourists can experience
801
00:41:00,892 --> 00:41:04,894
That steepness up close!
802
00:41:04,929 --> 00:41:06,896
The blue mountains are
the sight of numerous cliffs,
803
00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:09,765
Canyons,waterfalls and caves
804
00:41:09,801 --> 00:41:13,603
Spread over a
million hectares.
805
00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:16,072
They're also home to the
steepest railway in the world.
806
00:41:16,107 --> 00:41:19,709
This 310 meter-long
incline railway started as
807
00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:24,814
A
trolley for miners to haul coal
up the canyon's sharp cliffs.
808
00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:30,887
Now, it's a scenic attraction
run by third-generation
owner, anthea hammon.
809
00:41:30,922 --> 00:41:32,922
The miners never earned much
money so they used to charge
810
00:41:32,958 --> 00:41:34,123
The tourists six pence one
way back up in the train.
811
00:41:34,258 --> 00:41:36,125
And initially they
actually just used
812
00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:41,231
The coal skips
and pull them up.
813
00:41:41,365 --> 00:41:42,732
(Teddy)
seventy years later
814
00:41:42,801 --> 00:41:46,268
Three carriages carry
eighty-four passengers,
815
00:41:46,304 --> 00:41:50,373
So they don't have to
climb a thousand stairs.
816
00:41:50,475 --> 00:41:51,574
All right,
here we go.
817
00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:52,875
Ya, ready to go.
818
00:41:52,911 --> 00:41:55,778
Make sure
you're holding on.
819
00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:56,745
It is very steep!
820
00:41:56,781 --> 00:41:58,180
Hohoho!
821
00:41:58,216 --> 00:41:59,849
(Teddy)
keeping the fifteen-ton train
822
00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:05,822
Steady
as it drops 200 vertical meters
takes some serious muscle.
823
00:42:06,691 --> 00:42:08,558
So this our winch system.
824
00:42:08,693 --> 00:42:10,994
We have two whole ropes
on the winch system itself.
825
00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:12,996
Each one of those whole
ropes have a breaking
826
00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:14,597
Strain of
fifty-seven tons.
827
00:42:14,632 --> 00:42:17,667
One rope is more than
enough but we've got
828
00:42:17,802 --> 00:42:21,771
The two there just in case.
829
00:42:21,906 --> 00:42:23,573
So are we at the
steepest part right now?
830
00:42:23,708 --> 00:42:26,308
This is the steepest point on
the track at fifty-two degrees.
831
00:42:26,344 --> 00:42:32,015
Whooo!
832
00:42:32,149 --> 00:42:36,919
When tourists
take this train are they really
surprised at how steep it is?
833
00:42:36,955 --> 00:42:40,990
Ya, they have
the face you do.
834
00:42:41,025 --> 00:42:42,124
(chuckling)
a little scared.
835
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:42,625
This is awesome
and there's the valley.
836
00:42:42,661 --> 00:42:43,425
What a view.
837
00:42:43,461 --> 00:42:44,694
Ya.
838
00:42:44,829 --> 00:42:46,129
Wow it's amazing, you
can get here on a train too.
839
00:42:46,263 --> 00:42:50,500
That incline is
really something.
840
00:42:50,635 --> 00:42:52,334
(Teddy)
back on the indian pacific,
841
00:42:52,370 --> 00:42:54,704
We're rolling through
the eucalyptus forests
842
00:42:54,839 --> 00:42:58,074
That define
the blue mountains.
843
00:42:58,109 --> 00:43:01,877
Eucalyptus tree oil vaporizes,
becoming the blue haze that
844
00:43:01,913 --> 00:43:04,647
Sits above the canopy.
845
00:43:04,682 --> 00:43:08,017
The oil and fumes are
both extremely flammable.
846
00:43:08,152 --> 00:43:09,986
In addition to extreme heat,
847
00:43:10,021 --> 00:43:12,989
Flooding and wildlife
on the tracks,
848
00:43:13,024 --> 00:43:14,890
Another hurdle
the indian pacific faces is
849
00:43:14,926 --> 00:43:18,360
The constant
threat of brushfires.
850
00:43:18,396 --> 00:43:21,431
During hot, dry summers,
eucalyptus tree oils
851
00:43:21,565 --> 00:43:24,900
Can turn the forests
into a tinderbox.
852
00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:27,069
I've got pretty close to
a couple times over the years,
853
00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,539
You can smell
the smoke in the train.
854
00:43:29,674 --> 00:43:32,308
Once we had to stop to let
the bush fire get out of
855
00:43:32,344 --> 00:43:34,277
Our way before we
could go forward.
856
00:43:34,379 --> 00:43:37,447
Stand back, let it go
and then once it's clear
857
00:43:37,581 --> 00:43:40,482
And it clears pretty
quick, we go through.
858
00:43:40,518 --> 00:43:45,054
♪ ♪ ♪
859
00:43:45,189 --> 00:43:46,822
(Teddy)
by valleyheights station,
860
00:43:46,858 --> 00:43:49,359
We're entering our final
fifty kilometer stretch
861
00:43:49,493 --> 00:43:52,561
Towards sydney central station.
862
00:43:52,597 --> 00:43:54,797
Let me know if you're
going to be ten minutes early.
863
00:43:54,832 --> 00:43:58,234
If I'm only halfway
where I need to be.
864
00:43:58,269 --> 00:44:03,505
(over radio)
yep sure are, mate.
865
00:44:03,541 --> 00:44:06,576
We're almost in sydney but
the hard work is not done yet.
866
00:44:06,711 --> 00:44:08,878
The train platform in
sydney is actually not
867
00:44:09,013 --> 00:44:11,914
Long enough to fit the entire
length of the indian pacific.
868
00:44:11,949 --> 00:44:16,285
So train staff have to
split the train in half.
869
00:44:16,420 --> 00:44:21,523
(Teddy)
the whole train stops
fifty meters from the station.
870
00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:27,830
The lead locomotive
is decoupled from the train.
871
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,033
While the secondary locomotive
pulls the front fourteen
872
00:44:31,069 --> 00:44:35,437
Carriages to the platform.
873
00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:38,574
Then the lead locomotive
can back up to pull the rest
874
00:44:38,610 --> 00:44:43,513
Of the train
to a platform nearby.
875
00:44:43,647 --> 00:44:54,223
(Teddy)
the whole operation
takes forty minutes.
876
00:44:54,259 --> 00:44:55,858
All our guests are off,
they've gone perth to sydney
877
00:44:55,993 --> 00:44:57,393
But we'll turn it around
and in a couple of hours
878
00:44:57,429 --> 00:45:00,429
Time take it back
to perth again, mate.
879
00:45:00,465 --> 00:45:02,198
I love trains,
I love the journey,
880
00:45:02,233 --> 00:45:05,334
I love the guests,
I love the trip.
881
00:45:05,336 --> 00:45:07,236
That was an amazing
trip through the outback
882
00:45:07,305 --> 00:45:10,440
And across this
massive, vast country!
883
00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:15,177
I'll never forget seein'
australia on the indian pacific!
884
00:45:15,213 --> 00:45:28,657
♪ ♪ ♪
885
00:45:28,693 --> 00:45:53,282
♪ ♪ ♪
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