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Chapter 697 The sound of drums in the distance (Third update, please subscribe)
12 month 3 day.

This day, on the more than 100 kilometers of test track from Kuching to Yong'an.

A white streamlined train was traveling quickly. As the train was moving, the engineers in the carriage were constantly observing various data.

After the locomotive left the research institute and drove onto this test track, its speed continued to increase. In just ten minutes, it increased from the initial few dozen kilometers to 200 kilometers.

"It has reached 220 kilometers!"

The sound coming from the front of the carriage made Feng Qingyun's heart clench. This was the designed maximum operating speed.

In the cheers of the people, the train is still accelerating.

"Keep accelerating?"

"continue!"

A few minutes later, the speed of the high-speed power train finally exceeded 250 kilometers. The first day of testing was just a basic test run and did not involve other tests. So after completing the first test drive.

The braking system of the new power train unit is also newly designed, and these need to be tested one by one.

For example, in the test of the automatic train control device, unlike ordinary trains, which only require a braking distance of 600 meters, the braking distance of the new power train unit is as long as 2500 meters. Since the train needs a longer distance to completely stop when running at high speed, a single train needs a longer distance to stop completely. Relying on driving judgment may not prevent accidents in time. Therefore, the Railway Technology Research Institute developed an automatic train control device. In addition to assisting the driver in adjusting the vehicle speed, when the train is overspeeding, the system can forcefully decelerate to ensure driving safety. In addition, in order to more effectively manage the daily operations of the line, the institute has also developed a centralized dispatching system, which will be responsible for the construction, monitoring and management of train operations on the line at a control center located near Chang'an Station.

However, while others were cheering for the successful test run, Feng Qingyun looked outside the car. His attention was not on the rainforest outside the car window, but on this test line. In the past two years, railway technology research Among the many studies conducted, one of them was the roadbed test. From the beginning, the ballastless roadbed was selected. This technology, like the seamless track, is a mature technology originating from Germany.

To ensure that the viaduct meets the design requirements, engineers put a lot of thought into it.

Facing his delighted colleagues, Feng Qingyun just whispered to himself.

Even after these tests are completed, it still involves adjustments by the locomotive company. The new power train set not only requires design and technology, but also operations and manufacturing. After all, engineers cannot draw a running train, they have to rely on workers. Use your hands to process parts one by one, and then assemble them one by one.

The structures of building trains with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour are completely different from those of trains with a speed of 200 or even 300 kilometers per hour. They use a lot of new technologies, so the requirements for skilled workers must be very different.

This experimental high-speed rail line is from Kuching to Yong'an. The entire 236-kilometer line includes both rainforest sections and swamp sections. One-third of the currently completed 157-kilometer test section is on viaducts. Elevated buildings have their advantages, but they also have their own troubles.

Only after completing all of this will it be possible to truly enter the high-speed rail era.

"It's still early, this is just the beginning."

Most of the foundations along the line are soft soil with high water content and low support strength. Once the rainy season arrives, they are soaked in water for several months. To lay the ballastless track required for high-speed rail on such soil, the German Engineers also have no mature experience. Because of the different natural environments, they have not encountered similar problems, so they can only do their own research and exploration.

This route is both a test route and a future operation route. After all, there are many natural environments that cannot be tested in the research institute.

“…In order to effectively control roadbed deformation and bridge settlement in swamp areas and meet the requirements for laying ballastless tracks under soft soil foundation and regional settlement conditions, we conducted a geological survey here for half a year and re-planned the route through the geological survey. , the section we are passing now, the swamp will turn into a large lake during the rainy season, and after half a month at most, it will be a large lake of hundreds of square kilometers, so we used a viaduct..." Civil engineers have too many professional terms, obviously It was too professional, and Feng Qingyun also seemed to understand it, but after listening to it, he at least understood one thing, that is, there would be absolutely no problem with the high-speed train they built running on such a track.

While they were chatting, Feng Qingyun turned around and asked.

"How many kilometers is this route from Yong'an now? If it is included in the plan now, can it be connected to Yong'an next year?"

The reason why Feng Qingyun asked this was because he had a longer-term plan in mind.

"Connect to Yong'an?"

"Yes, we are now starting to conduct test runs in all aspects. If everything goes well, it will only take about half a year to complete the preliminary tests and then conduct trial operations. Since it is a trial run, can we turn the trial run into a trial operation? Woolen cloth?"

Walter, who was chatting with his colleagues, also heard Feng Qingyun's suggestion. He walked over and asked.

"You mean, we skip the trial run and go straight to operation, right?"

"It's not about jumping over, but about reducing the time. Although the high-speed power train unit applies many new technologies, the main body of the technology is still mature. If it can pass the half-year test, then there will definitely be no problems in operation, and the trial operation will definitely Any questions too."

The reason why Feng Qingyun had such an idea was mainly due to the impact of the successful atomic bomb test. Foreigners will never be able to understand the mood of the Tang people. In the past hundred years, the Tang people have lagged far behind other countries in the world in many fields such as science and technology. .

Because of this, every Tang engineer is holding back a strong feeling in his heart. He does not believe that the Tang people will always be second to others. They all hope to reach or even surpass the world's advanced level in their own fields to prove one point - Europe and the United States What the country can do, the people of Tang Dynasty can also do.

While speaking, Feng Qingyun's eyes were shining brightly, and his firm gaze met the gazes of his colleagues.

“In this way, we will not only win the title of the world’s first power train unit, but also become the first country in the world to operate high-speed railways. This will fundamentally change the world’s rail transportation and will set off a revolution. A revolution, after all, the current speed of airplanes is only more than a hundred kilometers faster than it, and air tickets are expensive and subject to weather restrictions..."

On this point, Feng Qingyun was very accurate. Although the aviation industry has achieved great development in the past 50 years, air tickets are still unaffordable for ordinary people.

In this case, high-speed rail, which is not much slower than airplanes, will become the best choice for many people to travel.

"Compared with airplanes, high-speed rail has lower operating costs and is not slow. Even the Pacific Railway in the United States is only more than 3,000 kilometers long. If high-speed rail is used, the operation time will be shortened from three or four days to More than ten hours. Such high-speed railways will definitely be welcomed by the market, but the premise is that we must become the pioneers of this market. Every day we advance, we can seize this market one day earlier."

While others were still looking at the domestic market, Feng Qingyun had already set his sights abroad, on the other side of the ocean - after all, there was the densest railway network in the world.

Walter stayed there for a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was Feng Qingyun's words or his demeanor that moved him so deeply that he was stunned for a moment.

At this time, what Thoreau said in his "Walden" rang in his mind: Some people's steps are different because they hear the drums in the distance.

And the young man in front of me who proposed the idea of ​​high-speed railway heard the drums in the distance again...

(End of this chapter)