National Geographic: The Great Indian Railway Page #4

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perhaps more than the judges are

in real life

And they have to

therefore, make it as scientific

as possible

They have, therefore

divided the system of grading into

three distinct groups

One is decoration

for which they give 25 percent marks

the functionality, which is

we are giving as much as 50 percent marks

and also the ceramic blanketing is

being given 25 percent marks

And I think that the judges will be

totally fair and clear in their judgment

and may the best loco win

What is important when you see a

when - the whole thing should be

uniformly red

The moment you see a black spot

that's the time there when there's a hole

and then the firebox can burn

So when you are seeing the fire

you have to see that it looks

uniformly red

that there's no localized black spot

Plus the thickness, the firebox should

be uniform...

Those are things we have to look for

how he is maintaining the fire

very important

Everybody wants to win

and none more than Mr. Arora

a shed foreman who has worked in steam

since he was 17

Onboard Rampur Hat's engine

he is never at a loss for words

explaining that even with

all the hard work

they had just run out a time

Like all of the engines

the judges take into account

how efficiently she runs

They put her through the paces

while Arora hangs on like a doting father

Those bosses, my examiners

they have been very much pleased

with the work which you boys

with my staff, with my driver

and the other fellows you know

all the whole

Rampur Hat has done in decorating

this locomotive

in making it fit mechanically sound

and they have checked all the points

and I think we have got

if not 10 percent

then at least 90 percent

Now we should leave the results to

Almighty God you know

Almighty God is there

They parade in all their glory

and anticipation runs high

Now it's up to the judges to

reveal the last Black Beauty winner

Nandini will claim the price

For Nandini and her crew this is

an occasion to remember

But they know

as they back her into the shed that

their victory is bittersweet

For despite the fact that the black

beauties have proven themselves today

another fate awaits them

In northeast India

a little toy train climbs the foothills

of the Himalaya

the tallest mountains in the world

Every morning

Buddhist monks look towards the East

welcoming the sun to the remote mountain

town of Darjiling

Darjiling has always been a frontier town

where an oriental look enters

the faces of India

But is also tells of another heritage

The British loved the climate so much

they mad it a hill station to escape

the heat of the plains below

And the sounds of the train they brought

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