YRF Entertainment's Executive Producer, Yogendra Mogre, adds, “The Railway Men is our salute to their spirit, their courage, and their humanity. At YRF, we are constantly trying to develop the best compelling stories for the audience and this is our tribute to the unsung heroes of the tragedy who, despite saving thousands of lives on that fateful day, are still unknown to people across the world.” says Akshaye Widhani, Senior Vice President of Yash Raj Films in a statement. 'The Railway Men' began filming on December 1st.Ī post shared by Yash Raj Films Bhopal Gas Tragedy is the world’s worst industrial disaster that has impacted scores of people since the tragedy struck the city 37 years ago. The play is directed by these four actors, and the business will announce the presence of several other great performers in the near future. Madhavan, Kay Kay Menon, Divyenndu Sharma, and Babil Khan, among others. Rawail will kick things off at YRF Entertainment with his content-driven one-season limited series about the human spirit's perseverance in the face of calamity. Shiv Rawail, who was homegrown at YRF and is mentored by Aditya Chopra, is directing 'The Railway Men.' On the same day, YRF unveiled this endeavour to honour the Bhopal heroes who saved thousands of lives during the tragedy 37 years ago. 'The Railway Men', a tribute to the railway employees at Bhopal station who are the unsung heroes of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world's largest man-made industrial disaster, is the first major project from the banner to touch the floors. The streaming content creation arm of YRF will be known as YRF Entertainment, and it will produce five major projects in its first year. The Albula Line was completed in the early 20th century-and until then, travelers could only access the area via horse carriages and sleighs.īefore last weekend’s trip, the National Belgian Railway Company set the previous record in 1991.Yash Raj Films is foraying into India's burgeoning digital content (over-the-top or OTT) market. “Everyone has to keep their speed and other systems under control at all times.” “We need to be 100 percent synchronized, every second,” he adds. The record-breaking train with 100 cars passing near Bergun on October 29Īndreas Kramer, lead train conductor, tells CNN that the team knows the route well-“every change of gradient, every incline”-and that they all went through the plan many times over. “Not only did we have a wonderful railway festival here in Bergün, but we were able to present ourselves around the world as a fascinating and innovative mountain railway.” “After intensive preparation, we are overjoyed to have achieved this world record,” says Fasciati in a statement. Technicians even rigged a custom intercom system to ensure that all seven train drivers could communicate about speed and incline while making their way through the Alps. To prepare for the journey, Swiss engineers have been conducting trial runs for months, testing communication and safety features to ensure a successful trip. Members of the public capturing images of the Rhaetian Railway's world-record attempt At a festival organized by the railway company, 3,000 ticket holders gathered in the village of Bergün and followed the journey via a live video feed. Train lovers and members of the press perched atop hills or waited in scenic valleys to watch the train make its leisurely trip through the track’s undulating curves. “Combine this with a route with notoriously tight curves, steep gradients, 22 tunnels and 48 bridges over deep valleys and the challenges become obvious,” writes CNN’s Ben Jones. Over the course of an hour, it traveled just about 15 miles through some of the Swiss Alps’ most stunning passes. It wound through tunnels, mountains and valleys along the Albula Line, which was designated a protected site by Unesco World Heritage in 2008. Each of those had four carriages, which brings the train’s overall total to 100 carriages.Ĭrowds gathering to see the world's longest passenger train The locomotive was made up of 25 electric trains connected to each other. The Rhaetian Railway company clinched the record to honor the 175th anniversary of Switzerland’s first railway, and to highlight some of Switzerland’s most impressive engineering feats, railway director Renato Fasciati tells the Associated Press. As it traveled through the Swiss Alps last weekend, a 1.2-mile-long locomotive set the record for the world’s longest passenger train.
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