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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,769 --> 00:00:05,070 ♪ ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:05,205 --> 00:00:07,172 Welcome to the outback! 3 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:09,708 We've gone down under to take a ride on a massive train that 4 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:15,414 Travels over forty-three hundred kilometers across australia. 5 00:00:15,549 --> 00:00:19,951 A few shrubs, no trees, completely barren. 6 00:00:19,987 --> 00:00:21,553 It's an epic adventure through some of 7 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:23,222 The most scenic and remote areas a train has ever gone. 8 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:25,057 Whoa, it is very steep. 9 00:00:25,192 --> 00:00:26,525 Whoooooo! 10 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:28,460 The four-day, coast-to-coast journey 11 00:00:28,595 --> 00:00:32,064 Goes across remote farmland 12 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:33,432 Get over ya big bastard! 13 00:00:33,567 --> 00:00:34,366 (Teddy) and a scorching-hot desert 14 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:36,501 Known as the nullarbor plain. 15 00:00:36,537 --> 00:00:37,669 There's nobody there. 16 00:00:37,705 --> 00:00:39,805 Anything can happen. 17 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,807 Get ready for the indian pacific! 18 00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:47,912 ♪ ♪ ♪ 19 00:00:47,948 --> 00:00:50,649 (Teddy) australia is home some of the most desolate, 20 00:00:50,684 --> 00:00:55,753 And harsh landscapes in the world. 21 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:58,657 This is typical australian bush out here, 22 00:00:58,692 --> 00:01:02,094 It's pretty hot and dry and desolate. 23 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:06,065 As we call it, the harshness of the bush. 24 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:07,732 But yeah, it's beautiful. 25 00:01:07,768 --> 00:01:12,103 (Teddy) train passengers flock from all corners of 26 00:01:12,106 --> 00:01:13,738 The globe to experience this sizzling, barren continent, 27 00:01:13,774 --> 00:01:17,942 In total luxury. 28 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:20,312 (Teddy) it's 6am in east perth station, 29 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:24,016 A small army of technicians, attendants, and service staff 30 00:01:24,085 --> 00:01:29,187 Has just four hours to get the giant train ready for departure. 31 00:01:29,223 --> 00:01:30,955 The indian pacific is massive. 32 00:01:30,991 --> 00:01:32,024 Is almost a kilometer long 33 00:01:32,093 --> 00:01:34,893 And it gets its name from the route it takes. 34 00:01:34,929 --> 00:01:36,194 Starting at the indian ocean in perth, 35 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:42,300 Travelling all the way to the pacific ocean in sydney. 36 00:01:42,336 --> 00:01:43,569 Ann marie? 37 00:01:43,703 --> 00:01:45,337 Ann marie receiving ann marie. 38 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:47,772 He'd prefer k1 because it's in the middle of the train. 39 00:01:47,808 --> 00:01:49,074 (Teddy) running the operation is 40 00:01:49,110 --> 00:01:50,943 Twenty-three-year veteran of the rails, 41 00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:53,345 Train manager, bruce smith. 42 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:54,746 ♪ ♪ ♪ 43 00:01:54,782 --> 00:01:56,715 From the back of the loco to the back of the train, 44 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:59,884 That's my jurisdiction. 45 00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:01,253 I'm in charge of the crew, the guests on board, 46 00:02:01,388 --> 00:02:02,254 And making sure that everybody's having 47 00:02:02,389 --> 00:02:04,389 A really good time! 48 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:06,224 Hey there bruce. 49 00:02:06,260 --> 00:02:06,859 Teddy. 50 00:02:06,993 --> 00:02:07,992 How are you? 51 00:02:08,028 --> 00:02:09,361 So it's a really long train but how many 52 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:10,829 Passengers do we have on board? 53 00:02:10,865 --> 00:02:11,964 We've got two hundred and forty 54 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:12,865 Passengers today, Teddy. 55 00:02:12,999 --> 00:02:13,632 Wow. 56 00:02:13,667 --> 00:02:14,299 Yep. 57 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:15,433 It's pretty full. 58 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:16,501 And we're leaving pretty soon 59 00:02:16,537 --> 00:02:18,103 So what's on your plate right now? 60 00:02:18,172 --> 00:02:20,939 A lot of operational issues with the driver 61 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:23,708 Getting the signals get going, guest issues, 62 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:27,412 Making sure everybody's in their right place, and ya, 63 00:02:27,447 --> 00:02:30,382 It's like a big jigsaw puzzle. 64 00:02:30,517 --> 00:02:31,984 (Teddy) 'big' is an understatement! 65 00:02:32,118 --> 00:02:36,054 The train is a whopping thirty carriages long. 66 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:40,358 The motorail, a crew car, and a power van are at the front. 67 00:02:40,394 --> 00:02:43,828 Sixteen accommodation cars are spread throughout 68 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:49,001 With three restaurant carriages and two lounge cars to relax in. 69 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:51,636 At the back of the train is the luggage car, 70 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:55,407 And a second power van so there's no shortage of electricity. 71 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:59,611 This 775-meter train is longer than seven 72 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:04,849 Pro american football fields. 73 00:03:04,885 --> 00:03:06,318 There are two different categories or classes 74 00:03:06,453 --> 00:03:07,852 On the indian pacific. 75 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:09,521 There's gold class and platinum, 76 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:12,157 And this is one of the platinum rooms and as you can see, 77 00:03:12,193 --> 00:03:13,524 It's really, really nice. 78 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,961 The chairs fold down into a bed. 79 00:03:16,096 --> 00:03:18,229 There's a full bathroom with shower, and a lot of 80 00:03:18,232 --> 00:03:21,165 Attention to detail goes into this. 81 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:26,371 This cabin costs up to 4,500 canadian dollars per person. 82 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:27,839 And for a few hundred more 83 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:36,581 Passengers can add a unique piece of cargo. 84 00:03:36,617 --> 00:03:38,450 A cool feature the indian pacific offers over other 85 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:41,519 Trains is this special wagon. 86 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:42,955 It's called the 'motorail' and as you can see it's 87 00:03:43,089 --> 00:03:48,026 Designed to haul cars. 88 00:03:48,062 --> 00:03:52,096 We've got eight so it's a full load on today's train. 89 00:03:52,132 --> 00:04:00,238 David barnett makes sure every car wheel is properly clamped. 90 00:04:00,274 --> 00:04:01,906 Always make sure the pins are secure, 91 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:05,644 'cuz if the pin's not secure, and the train's moving and jerking 92 00:04:05,679 --> 00:04:09,213 The vehicle could just easily smack into the back of the next car. 93 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,783 These things could be like y'know a weapon. 94 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:13,785 Could wipe out a whole train. 95 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:15,687 (Teddy) in November, 2017, 96 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:19,524 The motorail did jump the tracks just outside perth station, 97 00:04:19,559 --> 00:04:22,261 While moving at 10 kilometers an hour. 98 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:23,929 Maintenance crews had the train running 99 00:04:24,064 --> 00:04:28,166 Again 12 hours later. 100 00:04:28,202 --> 00:04:30,635 Lucky that no one got hurt and that the vehicles 101 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:35,873 Were safely clamped down. 102 00:04:35,909 --> 00:04:40,112 Once they're all clamped down, we close the gates, 103 00:04:40,246 --> 00:04:43,515 The loco will back up, take it, and hook it on 104 00:04:43,550 --> 00:04:46,518 To the front of the train. 105 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:48,420 With nearly a kilometer's worth of 106 00:04:48,555 --> 00:04:50,822 Carriages being pulled behind, there needs to be some serious 107 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:55,493 Muscle up here at the front end to make the indian pacific go. 108 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:59,531 (Teddy) that muscle is a 132-ton beast 109 00:04:59,566 --> 00:05:05,904 Coming from a fleet of pacific national rail locomotives. 110 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:10,909 It's 4.25 meters tall, 2.94 meters wide, 111 00:05:10,944 --> 00:05:13,745 And 22 meters long. 112 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:19,984 A turbocharged 16-cylinder engine delivers 4,250 horsepower 113 00:05:20,020 --> 00:05:23,421 Which is needed to pull the 14-hundred ton luxury 114 00:05:23,457 --> 00:05:29,127 Hotel across australia's harshest landscapes. 115 00:05:29,163 --> 00:05:31,095 (Teddy) before any locomotive can depart 116 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:34,599 Drivers must give their engine a complete spot-check. 117 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:37,269 Our driver, paul lawrence, will have to take care of 118 00:05:37,404 --> 00:05:41,473 The train if anything goes wrong. 119 00:05:41,508 --> 00:05:42,841 We've gotta make sure the fuel's ready, 120 00:05:42,876 --> 00:05:44,776 All the brakes are done, top up any oil, any other 121 00:05:44,911 --> 00:05:47,412 Provisions that have been used along the way. 122 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:49,281 It's one of the most remote places there are 123 00:05:49,416 --> 00:05:51,083 Really in the world for train travel. 124 00:05:51,217 --> 00:05:56,588 (Teddy) paul's been driving across 125 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:58,322 Australia's remote terrain for nearly a decade. 126 00:05:58,358 --> 00:05:59,291 He knows how a journey through the middle of 127 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:02,093 Nowhere can wreak havoc on his train. 128 00:06:02,129 --> 00:06:06,064 You do get a variety of animals and different things out there. 129 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:09,401 Bigger animals tend to do a lot of damage to 130 00:06:09,536 --> 00:06:11,069 All break pipes and you get a lot of air leaks. 131 00:06:11,105 --> 00:06:13,738 If you get a big air leak you can't apply the brakes on the train, 132 00:06:13,774 --> 00:06:16,174 You'll have to fix that before you can continue. 133 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:17,709 (Teddy) in the desert-like outback, 134 00:06:17,844 --> 00:06:21,713 Temperatures can exceed 40 degrees celsius. 135 00:06:21,848 --> 00:06:26,050 That's the condensation that builds up in the air system. 136 00:06:26,086 --> 00:06:29,821 (Teddy) and can drop to ten degrees the same night. 137 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:32,757 Those wild temperature swings turn air inside 138 00:06:32,793 --> 00:06:36,395 The pneumatic brake pipes into water. 139 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:40,364 I make sure there's no water in the air system 140 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:46,270 Otherwise the brakes don't work properly. 141 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:48,039 Ah, this is a compressor, what gives us the air 142 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:49,808 For the brakes for the train, the locomotive, 143 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:52,377 Make sure we can stop. 144 00:06:52,413 --> 00:06:53,945 If we have a compressor fault, we get no more air 145 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,014 Pumping through the train, basically we would be stranded. 146 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:58,016 We won't be able to go anywhere until it's fixed. 147 00:06:58,051 --> 00:06:59,484 (Teddy) only with paul's sign-off 148 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:04,923 Can the locomotive report to the station, ready for action. 149 00:07:04,958 --> 00:07:10,728 It looks all good on this loco, we should be all good to go. 150 00:07:10,764 --> 00:07:12,430 (Teddy) at east perth station, 151 00:07:12,466 --> 00:07:19,103 Paul couples his locomotive to the rest of the train. 152 00:07:19,139 --> 00:07:20,638 (over radio) keep the door open or just lock it up, over? 153 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:24,409 Leave it open until the duty manager 154 00:07:24,445 --> 00:07:27,411 Goes through and secures it mate, over. 155 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,680 (Teddy) at 7:30am the check-in desk is 156 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:33,785 Open for passengers, who are arriving by the busload. 157 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:34,486 Good morning! 158 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:35,754 How are you today? 159 00:07:35,889 --> 00:07:37,722 What name are you booked under? 160 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:38,957 (Teddy) attendants have just 161 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:43,195 Ninety minutes to check in all 240 passengers 162 00:07:43,296 --> 00:07:47,365 And their four-tons of luggage. 163 00:07:47,401 --> 00:07:48,867 Oh hello, how are you? 164 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:50,502 (Teddy) our train manager, bruce, 165 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:55,106 Has just twenty-five minutes to run his final checks before we depart. 166 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:57,408 This is my lockdown sheet. 167 00:07:57,444 --> 00:08:00,412 It tells me which hospitality attendant 168 00:08:00,481 --> 00:08:02,280 Is on which door. 169 00:08:02,415 --> 00:08:06,417 So they have to lock and secure it. 170 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:07,118 Thank you! 171 00:08:07,253 --> 00:08:08,252 Welcome aboard, folks! 172 00:08:08,288 --> 00:08:10,154 (Teddy) bruce's deputy duty manager, 173 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:12,957 Penny mcnamara, performs that final cross check up 174 00:08:12,993 --> 00:08:15,359 The entire length of the train. 175 00:08:16,430 --> 00:08:26,471 Making sure everything is secure and not going to flap open at track speed. 176 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:29,173 (jenny over radio) nr29 duty manager calling to receiving, over. 177 00:08:29,209 --> 00:08:30,808 Are we alright up here or what? 178 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,210 Yeah, we should be alright for an on time 179 00:08:32,246 --> 00:08:34,245 Departure today, we're just at final stages of 180 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:45,923 Our lockdown thanks, over. 181 00:08:45,959 --> 00:08:49,261 And we're off! 182 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,563 Good morning ladies and gentlemen. 183 00:08:51,698 --> 00:08:54,466 Welcome aboard the indian pacific. 184 00:08:54,535 --> 00:08:59,604 (Teddy) my 4,352 kilometer journey has begun! 185 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:00,972 (train horn blows) 186 00:09:01,107 --> 00:09:02,340 (Teddy) from perth... 187 00:09:02,376 --> 00:09:04,075 We're rolling east on a single-track line, 188 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:06,778 Across the state of western australia. 189 00:09:06,913 --> 00:09:09,013 After a stop in kalgoorlie, we'll trek 190 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:14,185 1000 kilometers across the isolated nullarbor plain. 191 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:17,088 After rounding the great australian bight coastline, 192 00:09:17,223 --> 00:09:20,258 We'll make a big stop in adelaide 193 00:09:20,294 --> 00:09:22,760 Before heading into the state of new south wales. 194 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:25,897 To scale the blue mountains. 195 00:09:26,032 --> 00:09:32,571 We'll arrive in our final destination of sydney four days later. 196 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:33,571 We're just pulling out of 197 00:09:33,607 --> 00:09:34,872 The train station here in perth 198 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,908 So our trip has begun! 199 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:39,511 I'm so excited, we're going to cross an entire continent. 200 00:09:39,646 --> 00:09:40,878 Multiple time zones, 201 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:43,348 Sixteen different natural landscapes. 202 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:47,652 It's gonna be epic! 203 00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:52,591 Unless the wild australian outback gets in our way. 204 00:10:00,033 --> 00:10:05,103 I've been here twenty-three years and ya, this would be the worst one. 205 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:08,239 ♪ ♪ ♪ 206 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:13,778 (Teddy) I'm riding across australia on the luxurious indian pacific. 207 00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:14,912 Ah! Thank you, sabina. 208 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:18,182 You're welcome. 209 00:10:18,218 --> 00:10:19,984 (Teddy) fifty kilometers out of perth 210 00:10:20,020 --> 00:10:27,258 And the landscape is shifting from coastal bushlands to outback farms. 211 00:10:27,393 --> 00:10:29,794 The first onboard meal is lunch. 212 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:31,863 Keeping the food at five-star quality means 213 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:40,104 Chefs are masters of cooking on the move. 214 00:10:40,107 --> 00:10:43,841 Every year the indian pacific serves over 715,000 dishes 215 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:45,443 They're all made in kitchens like this one, 216 00:10:45,479 --> 00:10:46,978 There are three of them on this train 217 00:10:47,113 --> 00:10:48,579 And they're made by chefs like michael. 218 00:10:48,615 --> 00:10:50,614 So I can feel the train moving now, how hard is 219 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:53,551 It to prepare the food when the kitchen is rocking and rolling? 220 00:10:53,587 --> 00:10:56,654 Yeah, look man, it's pretty hard! 221 00:10:56,690 --> 00:10:58,189 I see right here, these aren't going anywhere? 222 00:10:58,324 --> 00:11:00,992 Yeah, so these are done specifically for safety, 223 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:03,094 For us, so with the train rocking and rolling so much 224 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:06,030 We're really gonna have the shields up to protect the plates 225 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:11,069 From falling onto my head or ro's head at the back. 226 00:11:11,104 --> 00:11:14,472 With the stove top, we're using electricity here 227 00:11:14,508 --> 00:11:16,574 'cuz it's gonna be too dangerous for us to have an active gas line. 228 00:11:16,610 --> 00:11:18,609 (Teddy) the pressure is on chef michael and his crew 229 00:11:18,645 --> 00:11:24,348 Of cooks to produce fine dining meals from these cramped quarters. 230 00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:27,051 We really want to showcase the environment we're passing 231 00:11:27,087 --> 00:11:30,522 Through or the destinations we're riding into or where we're leaving from. 232 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:34,726 So the importance of those ingredients being good quality is very high. 233 00:11:34,861 --> 00:11:36,761 Cookin' on the indian pacific, right? 234 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:45,903 Food up, coming out. 235 00:11:45,939 --> 00:11:47,505 (Teddy) our first scheduled stop 236 00:11:47,541 --> 00:11:51,042 Is still over 500 kilometers up the line, 237 00:11:51,177 --> 00:11:53,945 In the gold mining town of kalgoorlie. 238 00:11:56,716 --> 00:11:58,750 (Teddy) western australia's gold 239 00:11:58,885 --> 00:11:59,851 Industry exports 01 billion dollars in gold a year, 240 00:11:59,986 --> 00:12:02,353 And hires 20,000 people. 241 00:12:02,488 --> 00:12:07,792 But in the late 1800's it was just getting started. 242 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:09,927 One of the big reasons that the railways exist in this 243 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:12,163 Country in the first place is because of gold. 244 00:12:12,298 --> 00:12:14,566 When it was discovered here it prompted a big push 245 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:16,868 For more railways to be built so that miners 246 00:12:17,003 --> 00:12:19,471 Could get supplies and the gold could be transported 247 00:12:19,605 --> 00:12:22,941 All across this huge country. 248 00:12:23,075 --> 00:12:26,511 So the gold rush starts in kalgoorlie in 1893. 249 00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:29,214 It's absolutely massive. 250 00:12:29,348 --> 00:12:30,615 (Teddy) tim moore is a kalgoorlie local 251 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:35,019 And historian who's fascinated by his town's golden past. 252 00:12:36,622 --> 00:12:39,257 They're mining literally walls of gold out of the mines. 253 00:12:39,392 --> 00:12:42,727 So gold seams are like four foot wide and eight foot thick. 254 00:12:42,763 --> 00:12:46,697 In 1903 was the largest production of one and half 255 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:50,268 Million ounces of gold in just one year. 256 00:12:50,303 --> 00:12:52,703 (Teddy) for twenty years, intense gold fever brought 257 00:12:52,739 --> 00:12:56,674 Thousands of people to western australia from around the world, 258 00:12:56,809 --> 00:12:59,811 In the hopes of striking it rich. 259 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:02,146 The problem with kalgoorlie, it's out in the middle of nowhere. 260 00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:08,219 So all you've got is really goat tracks leading into this town. 261 00:13:09,523 --> 00:13:11,389 (Teddy) to cope with the growing 262 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:12,490 Industry and population, the government had to 263 00:13:12,526 --> 00:13:15,093 Build up the infrastructure. 264 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:19,297 The gold rush funds the rail construction 265 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:20,665 Because they are so cashed up. 266 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,167 The railway is literally the life-blood. 267 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:26,570 It shifts goods and services across the country. 268 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:28,973 (Teddy) 3,000 workers risked 269 00:13:29,008 --> 00:13:31,275 Their lives building the railway through the desert on scorching 270 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:35,513 Hot days with no shade, and little water. 271 00:13:35,549 --> 00:13:37,915 If the gold rush never happened you wouldn't have the money 272 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:45,223 To fund the building the railway. 273 00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:47,925 (Teddy) for over a century freight and passenger trains 274 00:13:47,961 --> 00:13:53,430 Have shared the line that was built by gold. 275 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:57,735 It's 4300-odd kilometers from sydney to perth and there's only one track. 276 00:13:57,771 --> 00:14:00,704 Passing loops left, right and center, about roughly every 277 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:06,544 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 279 00:14:08,348 --> 00:14:14,352 The first sign of trouble on the track. 280 00:14:14,387 --> 00:14:15,987 (over radio) national rail traffic control adeliade, 281 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, 288 00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:51,155 So you have these crossing locations with a main line 289 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, 294 00:15:06,672 --> 00:15:10,474 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 316 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 320 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 ♪ ♪ ♪ 81322

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