The train driver in the courtyard

The snow is like a hard day, and it will melt one day.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the locomotive depot workers, passenger and material transportation in Beijing has not been greatly affected.

The Qianmen Locomotive Depot rescue team was commended by the General Administration for being the first to use snow plowing trains.

The snow shovel was also sent to the Beijing Railway Technology Research Institute. After passing verification, the institute decided to promote it nationwide.

Of course.

Li Aiguo also received praise from the Railway Technology Research Institute.

He also received a quilt and two enamel basins from Teacher Liu Guozhang.

Inside the Li family house.

Li Aiguo looked at the enamel basin and felt a little depressed.

There is already a kneading basin, a washbasin, a clothes washing basin and two footbaths at home.

What do you need so many of these things for?
Open a grocery store?

"You men don't understand this." Chen Xueru, as if she had found a treasure, entered the bathroom with a basin.

After a while.

The sound of rushing water came from inside.

Li Aiguo seemed to understand something and slapped his thigh suddenly.

The emotional washbasin is not for washing your face.

Time has come to the end of the year before we know it.

The railway department has also launched the annual Spring Festival Transport.

Yes, there is already Spring Festival transportation in this year, but it’s just called “Spring Festival Transportation”.

With fewer vehicles and more passengers, the railway Spring Festival transportation task in this year was more arduous than in later generations.

In order to allow people to go home to celebrate the Reunion Year as much as possible, the railway department has thought of many ways. One of them is to convert the freight trains into tank cars and add multiple passenger trains.

When Li Aiguo braved the cold wind and came to the locomotive depot in the early morning, a spring athlete meeting was being held in the passenger transport workshop.

Commander Xing and the leaders of the Locomotive Depot were all present, as were the Armed Forces Department, the Locomotive Depot Police Station, and the various flight crews.

At the conference, Duan Chang Xing read out the "Principles for Good Spring Festival Transportation Work" issued by the superior department.

"The Spring Festival of 1956 is coming, and the number of passengers returning home is bound to increase. Material transportation must ensure the supply needs during the Spring Festival. In order to do a good job in transportation during the Spring Festival, the following notices are made. First, the investigation of the flow of passengers and goods must be done in advance, and the vehicle operation plan should be arranged.
The second is to emphasize strengthening safety education for all employees and requiring train drivers to strictly abide by driving operating procedures and routine inspections."

These are so commonplace that the drivers in the private group dozed off listening to them.

However, the subsequent report made by Director Liu of the Locomotive Depot Police Station was earth-shattering.

"Guys, in the past month, there have been more than 100 theft cases on the trains under the jurisdiction of our Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

Staff from the Jingcheng Timber Factory went to Northeast China to purchase timber.

Unexpectedly, the more than 280 yuan worth of tickets in a pocket bag he carried with him was stolen by pickpockets.

More than ten yuan of ticket money was also stolen from the box office of Langfang Station.

Not long ago, a woman in her fifties who got off the bus at the Military Food Station died suddenly 400 meters after walking out of the station. Her identity and address are still unknown.

The busy Spring Festival transportation is approaching.

In order to prevent bad elements from taking advantage of the opportunity to carry out sabotage activities and similar incidents like the above, we hope that the crews at all stations and sections will learn from this and be more vigilant. "

Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes slightly. This year is the fifth or sixth year, high-level communes are being established in rural areas, and public-private partnerships are in full swing in cities.

The social atmosphere is relatively tense, so the police station and the armed forces must attach great importance to it.

Li Aiguo thought that as a train driver, he only needed to drive the train to and from Jincheng every day. The Spring Festival transportation had nothing to do with him.

Unexpectedly, the freight trains were converted into tank cars, and the number of train drivers was not enough.

(Most freight train drivers in these days are single-driver teams, while passenger tank cars require a driver and deputy driver team.)
Just after the meeting, Li Aiguo, Master Zheng and Liu Qingquan were called into the office by the passenger transport director.

"Comrade Patriot, because the General Administration has to open many more temporary buses, your driver team needs to take on the task of transporting passengers during the rest time. What do you think?" the director of the passenger transport workshop asked kindly.

The tasks in these years are bigger than the sky and the earth.

Li Aiguo naturally agreed immediately.

"Director, you can rest assured that we will successfully deliver the passengers to their destinations and win the battle of transportation during the Spring Festival."

In this way, Li Aiguo's driver team had to shoulder temporary transportation tasks on rest days.

On rest days, I have to drive a tanker truck across the land of the motherland.

In order to ensure that passengers can return home smoothly, the locomotive depot was extremely busy, and many accidents occurred.

No, Li Aiguo encountered this the first time he ran a tank truck.

On this day, I drove a tank car back to the Fengtai Station marshalling yard from the Fengsha Line (a railway line opened in 55 that connects the FT District of Beijing and Shacheng Town, Huailai County, ZJK City, HEB Province).

This is a temporary marshalling yard.

The locomotive depot has built more than a dozen railways on flat land of only 2,000 square meters.

Tank cars and wagons (cars) containing different goods were scattered on the railway.

Next to the marshalling station is Fengtai Jinlu Thermos Bottle Factory.

The marshalling station is located between the production and living areas of the thermos bottle factory.
A tanker train is different from a regular passenger train. There is no rest time and it does not stop after taking over the train.

As soon as the train stopped, Li Aiguo received temporary dispatch and only gave him 20 minutes to eat.

After taking Liu Qingquan and Lao Zheng off the locomotive, Li Aiguo felt that the place was too chaotic.

In addition to staff, drivers, and maintenance personnel, there are also many surrounding residents at the station.

For convenience, they often take shortcuts across railway stations. I don't know whether it is due to negligence in the scheduling of the marshalling station, or for the convenience of the masses, there is no fence at the marshalling station.

The site is as messy as a wet market.

Liu Qingquan frowned and said, "If this were at our front door maintenance section, the section chief would have to pull off his clothes."

"Don't worry so much, hurry up and make food."

Old Zheng, who was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back, opened the baffle on the stove and took down the three iron kidney lunch boxes.

In the neutral position of the locomotive, Li Aiguo crossed two boards.

One end was hung on the locomotive of the tank car, and the other was leaned against the locomotive of Jiefang Locomotive next door. The wrench was used as a dining table, and several people sat around it.

Well, it’s almost like an outdoor picnic.

But this is the current situation.

Even if there is a canteen next to it, there is no time to eat there.

The meal in the lunch box was prepared by Chen Xueru, which consisted of fried pork with shredded potatoes and a fried egg. The staple food was white rice.

Li Aiguo, who had been hungry for more than ten hours, couldn't help but swallow his saliva, picked up his chopsticks and started to eat.

Dispatchers shouted in the distance, waving signal flags for "trailer."

The Jiefang locomotive that was used as a stand next to it actually moved, and the lunch box on the table almost fell to the ground.

Li Aiguo quickly reached out and hugged the lunch box. Lao Zheng got angry at that time, but was stopped by Li Aiguo.

"Quickly retreat, we have to drive after eating."

Lao Zheng remained silent.

However, he still looked at the Jiefang locomotive and said in a low voice: "There is no co-driver in the locomotive."

Li Aiguo didn't care either.

After all, the Jiefang locomotive is hung with wagons. As a freight train, it is normal for the route to be wild.

The black-faced driver of the Liberation Locomotive didn't care either.

He just hung up a carriage, and the total driving distance was only seven or eight meters. What could happen?
So, push the handle forward, loosen the small gate, pull the steam door, and wait for the train to slide. Then there is a dull and continuous collision sound from behind the train. The black-faced driver knows that it is hooked, so he pulls down the gate and picks up the train. Lunchbox continued eating while waiting for the signal.

But he didn't wait long when he heard Li Aiguo shouting to him: "Master, we hit someone!"

The black-faced driver didn’t believe it at all: “Don’t scare me, I listen to signals.”

Before he finished speaking, he saw the connector rushing towards the back of the car.

The black-faced driver was so shocked that he dropped his lunch box on the ground.

Li Aiguo had already arrived behind the train at this time.

It was so easy to get through the crowd and finally see someone squeezed in the middle of the connector!

His face was pale, his tongue was hanging out, and his belly was pressed by the connector. To use an inappropriate description, the man looked a bit like a toad whose belly was pinched.

The hustle and bustle around him suddenly fell silent.

The old workers carrying lunch boxes to eat, the aunts carrying vegetable baskets, and the vendors selling candied haws on a stick... all of them seemed to be frozen in place by the cold winter ice.

"Save people!"

Li Aiguo quickly calmed down, turned and shouted at the dispatcher: "Hurry up and signal, ask the car to move, and get the person out."

Although it looks like this person is probably gone, we still have to try our best.

The dispatcher was also shocked by the bloody scene. Only then did he react and quickly waved the flag to signal the driver. "Back up, back up, back up!"

His slightly crying voice, already somewhat deformed, echoed over the marshalling station, like a sledgehammer breaking the strange silence.

The black-faced driver shivered with fright, tried his best to suppress his panic, and controlled the train.

With a whistle, the locomotive roared and separated from the marshalling cars, and the man fell on the rails.

A big hole has opened in the stomach, and the thick liquid is flowing all over the ground, and the black rails are stained with bright red.

Two aunties who were buying groceries were so frightened that they screamed and sat down on the ground.

The workers who originally wanted to come forward to save the people stopped in place. The people were in this state and they would definitely not survive.

At this time, comrades from the marshalling station security office also rushed to the scene. When they saw the human life, they immediately blocked the marshalling station temporarily.

Several leaders rushed over in a hurry. After learning that someone had died, their faces were not very good.

The above just issued a notice a few days ago, and something happened. I don't want to be advanced this year.

The accident was simple.

By the time the scraps of flesh and blood on the train tracks were cleaned up by cleaners, the cause of the accident was clearly investigated.

The guy who was turned into a toad was a workshop worker at the thermos bottle factory next door.

He originally planned to go home for dinner, but when he saw an empty seat behind the locomotive, he planned to take a shortcut.

This guy also saw the reversing hook, but thought he could pass safely.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he got between the two cars, he turned sideways, his feet slipped, and he was hit by a big hook.

Human life is at stake. This accident is not considered a driving accident and must be dealt with seriously by the locomotive depot.

the next day.

Li Aiguo drove to Fengtai marshalling station again and learned that the station had given handling opinions.

The dispatcher will give a signal if the observation is not serious, and the connector will leave the job without permission, which will be recorded as a major demerit.

As for that buddy, he was also reported as a work-related casualty. His wife can receive a pension, and his children can take over as workers.

He lost his life at a young age, and the young wife in her twenties will probably take his pension and marry someone else soon.

Both Lao Zheng and Liu Qingquan felt worthless for this boy.

"Just to save you a few steps, you can see how much trouble this has caused."

Fengtai marshalling station was also criticized by superiors for its chaotic management.

A fence was erected outside overnight, and various slogans were posted on the fence.

However, the fence blocked the road and caused dissatisfaction among nearby residents.

While driving, Li Aiguo was having a picnic in front of the table when he saw an aunt jumping over the fence with great skill.

By the time the security officers at the marshalling station realized what was happening, they found that the person had already crossed seven or eight strands of railway tracks and had jumped out from the other side.

Li Aiguo clearly remembered that this aunt was standing next to him when he had an accident yesterday, and she almost peed in fear.

The greatest lesson a person can learn is to never learn any lessons.

After driving for two consecutive days, Li Aiguo was already tired and aching all over. He returned to the studio to prepare for a while before driving in the evening.

Suddenly, a voice came from the courtyard next door.

"Driver Li, there is a college student from Beijing University looking for you at the gate."

Beijing University?

It seems that it should be Zong Pioneer.

Li Aiguo rode his bicycle to the door of the locomotive depot and saw Zong Xianfeng standing at the door.

There were large and small bags at his feet, and he looked very embarrassed when he saw Li Aiguo.

"Driver Li, I participated in the teacher's experimental project recently, and I was so busy that I forgot to come in advance to get my ticket."

In this year and month, tickets must be purchased several days in advance, especially during the Spring Festival travel rush. Where can I buy tickets?

But this can't trouble Li Aiguo.

After asking clearly whether Zong Xianfeng's train departed in the middle of the night, Li Aiguo took Zong Xianfeng back to the studio.

The fire brigade boys next door who were playing with iron were very curious.

"Driver Li, this is a college student from Beijing. He looks like this."

"What can it do? Three heads and six arms!"

Even though workers have the highest status in these days, college students are still the favored ones, especially those from Beijing University.

Zong Xianfeng greeted the firefighters warmly and followed Li Aiguo into the studio.

I saw that it was filled with various books, and hammers, pliers, and vernier trucks were all placed on the workbench.

Zong Xianfeng asked curiously: "Driver Li, this is where you work? Aren't you a train driver?"

"Hey, it's just a hobby. Just treat this as a handicraft workshop."

Li Aiguo yawned and said, "You rest here for a while, and I'll put you in the car at night. I haven't slept all day and night, so I have to go to the cat for a while."

Li Aiguo went into the back room to rest. Zong Xianfeng first looked around curiously, and finally his eyes fell on a Russian book "The Structure of Spring".

Driver Li actually reads such professional books?

Although springs look very simple, they are actually divided into many types. According to their functional load, they can be divided into compression springs, tension springs, torsion springs and special-shaped springs.
According to the shape, they can be divided into coil springs, disc springs, annular springs, leaf springs, and coil springs.
Zong Xianfeng is a college student majoring in electrical engineering. He once minored in mechanical design and specialized in springs.

He picked up the book and read it seriously.

Li Aiguo slept so darkly that he didn't wake up until six o'clock in the evening.

He stretched out and saw Zong Xianfeng reading the book, but didn't pay much attention to it.

He raised his wrist to look at the time. When he saw that it was almost time, he called Shangzong Xianfeng to carry the big and small bags and prepare to get in the car.

Halfway along, Zong Xianfeng asked curiously: "Driver Li, what exactly do you study springs for?"

"Hey, that's a weapon used for fighting." Li Aiguo said mysteriously.

"arms?"

Zong Xianfeng didn't believe it, but he didn't ask any more questions.

late at night.

The lights are dim.

In the maintenance workshop of the locomotive depot, a 1322 locomotive bound for the south has been inspected and is preparing to be picked up and headed to the Beijing Railway Station.

As soon as the driver Zhang Dabai signed his name on the dispatch order, he saw Li Aiguo coming over with a young man.

"Driver Li, who is this?"

Zhang Dabai saw Li Aiguo blinking at him and knew that he had something to talk about, so he hurried over.

The two walked to the back of a freight train. Li Aiguo pointed to Zong Xianfeng and said, "Lao Zhang, this is a friend of mine. It is difficult to buy tickets as the New Year is approaching. Please take him to Shaoguan."

Most passenger trains are divided into zones, but train drivers can hand over passengers they carry to the crew.

"This is a small matter, I still have three spots in hand."

"Then trouble you."

As he spoke, Li Aiguo took out the ticket money from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Dabai.

"No way, we are all in the same class, so I can ask for your money." Zhang Dabai felt as if he was insulted.

Seeing this, Li Aiguo didn't give in anymore. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I'll treat you to a drink when you have time."

“good good”

After the two chatted for a while.

At the departure point, Zhang Dabai jumped on the locomotive, patted the small bench next to the steel seat, and shouted to Zong Xianfeng: "Young man, get on the train."

This was originally a place for students to ride.

Zong Xianfeng was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

While others were riding in the carriage, he sat directly next to the driver. Driver Li was too wild!

After seeing off Zong Xianfeng, Li Aiguo gathered his collar and returned to the studio before it was time to drive.

Just when I was about to lie down for a while, I saw an envelope buried under the books on the table.

He picked it up and opened it. There was three yuan and eighty cents in the envelope.

Just enough to buy a ticket from Beijing to Shaoguan, and it’s full fare.

It seems that Zong Xianfeng put it here in advance.

Li Aiguo put the money in his pocket and shook his head with a smile: "This Zong Xianfeng is quite interesting. For a few cents, I can work and study in the library for half a month, but I would rather pay for the full ticket. Such a person is quite Available talent.”

(End of this chapter)