美国商业大亨传奇 第6期:铁路之争(6)
The New York Central railroad
纽约中央铁路公司
became the centerpiece of his empire,
成为了他整个帝国的中心，
and it came to him as the sudden result
这一切正是他实行的复仇计划中
of a skillfully executed campaign to get revenge.
巧妙反击的结果。
Railroads soon criss-cross America,
铁路很快就在美国纵横交错，
tying together the country in a way
某种程度上将全国都连接起来，
that just fifteen years earlier was unimaginable,
着在15年之前是完全无法想象的，
and providing over 180,000 jobs.
它提供了18万个工作岗位。
Laying tracks becomes America's engine for unprecedented growth
铁轨的铺设成为美国空前规模成长的发动机。
Railroads allowed the industrial economy
铁路让工业经济
to boom in ways that it couldn't have before.
能以前所未有的方式蓬勃发展。
One advance after the other,
一个接一个的进步，
which essentially was led by the railroads,
归根结底都是由铁路的发展带动的，
largely because there was
这很大程度上是因为
a need to close the gap
人们有缩小
between those east of the Mississippi and those on the West Coast.
密西西比河以东同美国西岸之间差距的需要。
Vanderbilt has made himself
范德比尔特让自己成为了
the undisputed king of railroads.
铁路业无可争议的王者。
And now, he wants the world to know it.
现在，他要向世界宣告这一点。
He envisions a monument that will symbolize his immense power.
他设想了一座象征自己巨大权力的纪念碑。
Work will begin on building a new station
建立新车站的工作即将开始
that will bring together the three railroads:
它将连起三条铁路：
the Harlem, the Hudson, and the Central.
哈莱姆，哈德逊和中央区。
It shall be in the heart of New York
它将位于纽约市中心，
and be called the Grand Central Depot.
名为大中央车站。
Thousands of workers labor
成千上万的工人
over the next two years,
经过两年时间，
on the most ambitious urban construction project America has ever seen.
完成了这一美国历史上前所未有的雄伟城市建筑项目。
Grand Central is the biggest building in all of New York City,
大中央车站是纽约市最大的城市建筑，
and the biggest train station in the country,
也是全国最大的火车站，
covering some twenty-two acres.
占地面积22英亩。
This enormous building towered
这座巨型建筑
over every other building in New York at the time.
高于纽约当时的所有建筑。
And it was a physical symbol of the size and power of Vanderbilt's railroad empire.
它是范德比尔特铁路帝国规模和权力的象征。
Its importance as a physical symbol,
不论是从物理符号
as a physical capital of his empire,
还是铁路帝国的有形资本，
cannot be underestimated.
它的重要性的不可小觑。
And it still stamps New York's geography to this day.
直到现在，它仍然是纽约的一大标志性建筑。
Vanderbilt may be on top of the world,
范德比尔特或许站在了世界之巅，
but his blind ambition will soon make him vulnerable
他盲目的野心将很快削弱他。
to a challenge coming from the most unlikely pair imaginable.
挑战来自于他或许最意想不到的两个人。
To Vanderbilt's money!
为范德比尔特的钱干杯！
纽约中央铁路公司
became the centerpiece of his empire,
成为了他整个帝国的中心，
and it came to him as the sudden result
这一切正是他实行的复仇计划中
of a skillfully executed campaign to get revenge.
巧妙反击的结果。
Railroads soon criss-cross America,
铁路很快就在美国纵横交错，
tying together the country in a way
某种程度上将全国都连接起来，
that just fifteen years earlier was unimaginable,
着在15年之前是完全无法想象的，
and providing over 180,000 jobs.
它提供了18万个工作岗位。
Laying tracks becomes America's engine for unprecedented growth
铁轨的铺设成为美国空前规模成长的发动机。
Railroads allowed the industrial economy
铁路让工业经济
to boom in ways that it couldn't have before.
能以前所未有的方式蓬勃发展。
One advance after the other,
一个接一个的进步，
which essentially was led by the railroads,
归根结底都是由铁路的发展带动的，
largely because there was
这很大程度上是因为
a need to close the gap
人们有缩小
between those east of the Mississippi and those on the West Coast.
密西西比河以东同美国西岸之间差距的需要。
Vanderbilt has made himself
范德比尔特让自己成为了
the undisputed king of railroads.
铁路业无可争议的王者。
And now, he wants the world to know it.
现在，他要向世界宣告这一点。
He envisions a monument that will symbolize his immense power.
他设想了一座象征自己巨大权力的纪念碑。
Work will begin on building a new station
建立新车站的工作即将开始
that will bring together the three railroads:
它将连起三条铁路：
the Harlem, the Hudson, and the Central.
哈莱姆，哈德逊和中央区。
It shall be in the heart of New York
它将位于纽约市中心，
and be called the Grand Central Depot.
名为大中央车站。
Thousands of workers labor
成千上万的工人
over the next two years,
经过两年时间，
on the most ambitious urban construction project America has ever seen.
完成了这一美国历史上前所未有的雄伟城市建筑项目。
Grand Central is the biggest building in all of New York City,
大中央车站是纽约市最大的城市建筑，
and the biggest train station in the country,
也是全国最大的火车站，
covering some twenty-two acres.
占地面积22英亩。
This enormous building towered
这座巨型建筑
over every other building in New York at the time.
高于纽约当时的所有建筑。
And it was a physical symbol of the size and power of Vanderbilt's railroad empire.
它是范德比尔特铁路帝国规模和权力的象征。
Its importance as a physical symbol,
不论是从物理符号
as a physical capital of his empire,
还是铁路帝国的有形资本，
cannot be underestimated.
它的重要性的不可小觑。
And it still stamps New York's geography to this day.
直到现在，它仍然是纽约的一大标志性建筑。
Vanderbilt may be on top of the world,
范德比尔特或许站在了世界之巅，
but his blind ambition will soon make him vulnerable
他盲目的野心将很快削弱他。
to a challenge coming from the most unlikely pair imaginable.
挑战来自于他或许最意想不到的两个人。
To Vanderbilt's money!
为范德比尔特的钱干杯！
