Three Miles High: Peru Rail Journey

From BBC Manchester Miles Kington Great Railway Journeys of the world 1980 from Lima to the High Andies via Punto Ferroviario, Huancato by steam to Hauncavelica by bus to Cuzco & Mactchu Picchu to Ayaviri

[@marisadasso]

Thanks! Great to see me after such a long time! I was 23 years old then and was appointed by Enafer to help Tony Morrisson, the producer, to translate. I appear from minute 1.40 to 1.54 and again at 41.06. It was a great experience meeting Miles, Tony, Nick... all the crew.

[@ioriedwards7554]

Wow! you're famous now! jajajaja!!

[@IckAck03]

11:31 absolutely legendary shot. Goosebumps!

[@PhillipJames100]

Great doco, I love how Miles is always wearing a suit and tie no matter where he is..... a true gentleman of sartorial elegance.

[@EricIrl]

An episode of one of the best BBC documentary series made by the BBC. It was originally shown in the UK in 1980. Sadly, Miles Kington passed away in 2010.

[@johnhynes5557]

That's just devastating news. I always just presumed he would never die. I wonder could they dig him up and slump him onto a train and make one more documentary?

[@sg2401]

I watched this episode in India, back some time in 1982/83 if I remember it correctly. We just bought a color TV and watching this in color was a pleasure. This was a very nice serial and this particular episode, I liked very much. Makes me feel good to actually interact with some one who was part of it.

[@loafer1989]

40 years later and still one of the best train travel documentaries. Peru/Bolivia, America, Europe, Southern Africa and Australia. All excellent.

[@garethmurtagh]

What a fascinating documentary! The landscape was stunning and the background music really added to the atmosphere!

[@mercyoslave8781]

Thank you for your video am peruvian born from eouropean parents, in Chosica,living now over 30 years in , US.. visited U.K., to see the land of my great grand mom of my child, nice video, gracias.

[@mikaelabowen5781]

How wonderful to see this again after so many years (decades!).

[@riverhuntingdon6659]

Went there, and recall distinctly riding coaches that bore a striking resemblence to our British Rail class 101 DMMU sets. They even had the same running gear, and Beclawatt windows. Happy days. Never forgotten, especially those ancient "WildWest" coaches, and the Hunslets, Baldwins...and what a view !

[@w584450]

Enchanting. A very rare, need to be preserved video. Thank you for the upload.

[@joemc111]

Wow a most interesting show.

[@Tuckaway]

Absolutely brilliant travel episode with Miles Kington. I remember it well the first time it came on the TV and I recorded it then.

[@michaelatkinson8583]

Brilliant - so entertaining!

[@rupertpitt4]

A classic documentary great photography.

[@wasantha7682]

Feel so comfortable in the remoteness and in the past..

[@bobblue_west]

I love that the narrator/traveler is wearing a suit, dress shirt and tie. The days when people knew how to dress for train travel.

[@Tzienzibarinzi]

Precisely what I was wondering the whole time, quite british...

[@SunnyIntervalsORG]

The combination of photography and music at 3:06 is so eerie and haunting it's beautiful!

[@mtbalpinecounty]

I was on that train in 1975..no joke!

[@aaronnicholson3698]

Must have been a life experience to be there then...

[@rongenman]

fantastic video! thanks for sharing...I have watched it over and over...

[@mjordanjara]

It's one of the best documetaries i've ever seen, brings me memories from those years, when i used to travel from Cusco to Machupicchu -actually many times per year-, but i don't understand why Miles and his team didn't film the route by train from Cusco to Machupicchu (in fact this railway didn't finish in Machupicchu, it use to continue until Quillabamba, 78 kilometers far down the Urubamba river in the jungle of Cusco), which is full of a mixture of andean and jungle landscapes, maybe they had short the time for continue filming in Bolivia, but still it remains for me as a great documentary film, with an extraordinary host... Miles. I love that part (min 25.20) when he says: "another unexplained stop... well all stops are unexplained in Peru" jajajaj

[@satyendrasah3315]

Another gem, all train journeys in Peru are of ten hours....😀😀

[@krodgerson]

Lovely to find this here. I was just about to publish it from my VHS copy. You've saved me the time.

[@Helpwood]

You should publish your VHS as well--this copy cuts out early, love to see how this story ends--great document. Thanks Keith.

[@fabriziocordero6965]

Great video!!!!!!

[@t.v.fjordland558]

It was a mission to get it I can tell you :-) Thanks

[@davidanalyst671]

This is epic!!!! and the british sense of humor too!!

[@alghawasjam5744]

Very informative and excellent photography

[@danbeau9404]

Bingham was not the first to find Machu Pichu, so it is a bit of a misnomer to say he discovered it. He was the first to clear, measure and document it, not the first there.

[@acramachandran5218]

trains were a wonder and there was a picture showing a horse hidden in the engine hood the noise, the carbon smell and the dust. oh god, that was a journey meant for soldiers and ... You know there was a time which permit only bullock-carts for that too for higher casts. thanks for the vedio.

[@DeltaRana4]

Truly memorable sequence on Lake Titicaca to the music of 'Heaven Stone' from Jade Warrior from their acclaimed album 'Way Of The Sun'.

[@RailcarFerrostaal]

I actually knew Jade Warrior's "Way of the Sun" thanks to this documentary, truly a beautiful musical masterpiece.

[@MeisieBoere]

Congratulations from Brazil , Marisa .

[@jkemplen]

Oops, sorry! I've just noticed that you've posted Pt. 2 which takes us to the (revolutionary) end of the programme.

[@TheRuizinho68]

Muy bueno ! I remember that this episode was aired by public television channel here São Paulo Brazil in early 1990s.

[@bluetoad2001]

great soundtrack

[@javierrprailfan]

42:27 now we are at least 20 train spotters in Peru, many of us in the Lima Huancayo line...

[@mufcmufc111]

Thanks

[@iamdantravels]

This is awesome! I was here last month andi posted a video on my channel.

[@BOB73578]

Please tell me if you know where exactly is the Verrugas bridge ? because it looks like its at 12:08 but it's talked about earlier.

[@AdamAuxier64]

When they showed this on American tv they edited out the section on eating Cuy :)

[@fjordland]

Yes they don't patronize the viewer like Modern Documentary Channels of today.

[@jeromedoughton39]

We went on amtrak out of Dearborn Mi in the summer of 2008, went to Chicago and got on the Empire Builder going to Seattle Wa, we had a sleeper car it was really nice and the food came with it, the food was really great, the train ride was also great. We had a bless time, it taken us three days to get to seattle. the sites was mine blowing, we are thinking about taken this ride again in 2016 if the Lord is willing, this time we would like to get a sleeper with toilet and shower car. If you have never did this before you should try it, it is really nice. O yes believer me. God Bless.

[@brendangallagher8087]

wonderful stuff, wonderful series. There seems quite a bit missing at the end.Am i remembering this right but didn't they drop down into the crazy city of La Paz and take some memorable shots of a train moving through the suburbs of that bonkers city

[@jkemplen]

Thanks for posting this great episode. I tried to capture it on VHS many years ago, but the BBC pulled it. Apparently they had forgotten when they put it in the schedule that they had sold the rights to another company! Do you have the last few minutes of the programme somewhere?

[@Le_Comte_de_Monte_Felin]

Argh - last few minutes are gone from video! :( Enjoyed it nonetheless!

[@javierrprailfan]

my friend: check the last minutes from the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTdhamkjLehjM0

[@danielyoung6630]

thin air keep you fit THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED nice view

[@MeisieBoere]

Ainda pretendo voltar um dia ao Perú. Hasta luego Muchachas !

[@EZ570]

wonder where they would get parts for that old steam locomotive?

[@amigo0101]

no pasó por matucana ese tiempo yo vivia en la estacion de matucana tenia 4 años

[@dianacassinelli9467]

amigo0101 quizás no lo filmó....pero tenía que haber pasado. O me equivoco

[@Kimdino1]

I though that Michael Palin might have done this. But I was forgetting that he had already done this journey 'by frog'.

[@acquiesce100]

I was only just born when you were featured in this episode..hahha

[@rmssphinx]

Thanks for uploading this piece of history. By any chance, do you have or know where to find the 1999 Japan episode, Tokyo to Kagoshima? Thanks.

[@michaelsummerell8618]

35:55 Perhaps this smug chap should make his way down to Argentina.... He should find quite a few of his fellow countrymen there...

[@TheAnindya27]

What's the name of both the music while riding the steam trains?

[@krodgerson]

1min 42 and 11mins 12secs. Patty Pianezzi with wooly jumper., She was fixer on this film. MNow Mrs Rodgerson!!

[@t.v.fjordland558]

A great Series also the River Journeys would be nice on youtube :-)

[@3RTracing]

Was this railroad built by Minor Cooper Keith and Henry Meiggs?

[@mariosergiocarrillogalvez4318]

3RTracing exactly 👍

[@stephenbonutto2713]

" the railways were british thats why it leaves on time " ... imagine saying that these days

[@stephenbonutto2713]

​@Amanda1984 1 You have some facts so Fair enough .... However I had a look and it seems trains up to 10 minutes late for longer journies are considered on time with us compared to 3 minutes with the swiss for example. Also Uk only measures times at the end not at every stop it seems. I would guess we are behind many developed countries even ones not well known for good train services. We have older infastructure im not having a pop im just saying how i think it is www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42024020

[@fjordland]

@marisadasso: Wow that you must have some interesting stories to tell. a pitty Peru did not preserve this experience as Heritage Tourism!

[@czogg99]

It must have been one hell of the a journey for the Spainards that discovered the Inca empire. Dang, its like traveling tot he ends of the world.

[@victormanueification]

The guy who is talking to Miles kingston in the train looks like The father of Daniel hanann, the british politician who actually is peruvian..

[@genemoore8047]

I always wonder why the natives left there,where they went to.

[@marisadasso]

So, I may have now the same age as your mom. Tks for your comments.

[@clivefive4081]

you cut the end off but it was good all the same thanks for sharing

[@t.v.fjordland558]

Look for Part 2 it has the ending on it :-)

[@javierrprailfan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXTdhamkjLehjM0

[@PankajBhambhani64]

Anyone has a clue which song the old man in the train is singing at the end of the video ?

[@javierrprailfan]

i have: this is a vals called: LLORA LLORA CORAZON: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJrHlGtuZdVgeqM

[@PankajBhambhani64]

@@javierrprailfan thanks man! you're awesome.

[@anonim9464]

This is the railway Ernest Malinowski

[@ioriedwards7554]

Kingston must have been the only one travelling in Peru wearingi a suit.

[@dianacassinelli9467]

This is an old documentary...better ways to travel then....

[@acquiesce100]

Are you the young lady with the glasses on? I must say, you look absolutely gorgeous. Has anyone ever told you that you look like the sunset shining on the waterfall in spring time. Marry me!

[@fordlandau]

He wears a suit when travelling

[@AuMechanic]

He's a classy fella

[@johnadam743]

fordlandau c

[@marisadasso]

jajajaja, tks...

[@pieterjanrouw1355]

Suit and tie.........? Must be something English, or what is it?

[@t.v.fjordland558]

Old School dress for the historic Journey :-)

[@wayne1955]

I enjoyed this video but the guy was kind of over dressed for the type of excursion that he was on. =)

[@dans.6525]

That,s the British way.

[@resculptit]

Way too many problems watching this video. It freezes so much it can't be seen on a modern, though basic, computer.

[@paullangford8179]

So blurry, I had to give up. It made my eyes hurt trying to focus.

[@drakashjohn]

Foul......hahaha

[@RedVynil]

WOW!! Their president gets a full month before the idiots grumble! People here have been grumbling non-stop since at least half a year BEFORE he got elected!!

[@OrignalMustaphaToke]

it is a shame you have stolen BBC footage to use as an advertising revenue lead source. It is a shame you are not talented then you could make real documentaries for yourself and not ruin BBC product by stuffing adverts into them

[@Rebel9668]

Very depressing looking place.

[@javierrprailfan]

yes, I'm peruvian and I cryed watching how people in my country lived just 30 years ago...