is sleepy and dreaming. A harsh sound of screaming came from the small horn above the door of the dormitory. The masters and I got up sleepyly and put flashlights, car inspection hammers, changing clothes, etc. into bamboo baskets one by one. We handed over the keys at the apartment duty station, and came to the 24-hour restaurant in the apartment, woke up the chef who was also napping in the window, asking for a dish and a bun, and finished eating without appetite or taste, and followed the masters out of the apartment's door.
It was the middle of winter, and the biting cold wind at 2 o'clock in the morning blew from the Qishui River, immediately taking away the warmth of the body. Following the dim light, I walked towards the back section locomotive garage with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Sometimes I would meet halfway through or in the warehouse, and sometimes I wouldn't.
At that time, due to the underdeveloped economy and material scarcity, everything seemed simple, dirty and primitive. The road leading to the turnover section was uneven and bumpy. In addition, the lighting was poor, and the cold wind was more and more bitter in the dark. Although we were all wearing labor protection coats, our hands, feet and faces were numb after a while.
just arrived at the return section. First, go to the operation room to read relevant rules and orders, accident notifications, safety measures, and listen to the duty officer conveying relevant instructions. Then when I came to the motorcycle, the deputy driver got on the car and turned on the motor, and the lights on the cab and both sides of the motorcycle began to light up. The driver and I then got on the car, put the bamboo basket into a special box between the coal water truck and the driver's room, began to tightly feed oil and check the top plate, water level and air pressure of the boiler fire box, turned on the fan and started to tidy up the fire bed, and went to the coal water truck to see how much coal it was.
is generally not available in the reversing section, but the coal that has been broken all the way should be dug up and transferred to the driver's room as much as possible. After a busy work, thin beads of sweat had already oozed out of my forehead, and the cold feeling just now disappeared. After the preparation work of
was completed, our locomotive was discharged from the warehouse according to the signal and rode a coal truck, and then ran to Xi'an West Station .
30 years, these riding scenes often appear in my mind, reminding me of many past events related to sports cars.
The particularity of the railway transportation industry determines that safety is always the top priority and an eternal theme. Train drivers should not only ensure that every train they are responsible for is safe and steady, but also prevent various accidents from threatening the train's safety, such as natural disasters . If the driver always maintains a high degree of vigilance and always keeps his energy focused, it will effectively prevent landslides such as bad weather, and prevent losses from the national property and the safety of passengers' lives.
Therefore, the requirements for train drivers are particularly strict. For example, the five-character formula of "early, read, subscribe, listen, and couplet" when attending is to arrive at the operation room of the locomotive section early according to the prescribed attendance time; carefully read relevant rules and orders, accident notifications, safety measures, and excerpts; the driver should organize the entire class to hold a preview meeting based on the weather, routes, etc., and set out proper measures to ensure safety; listen carefully to the duty officer conveying relevant instructions, and record them in the manual with a focus. Finally, the driver should also contact the dispatching and other aspects to understand the train marshalling and operation, and convey it to the class so that everyone knows it.
In order to prevent the locomotive crew from dozing off at night, the railway stipulates that flight attendants who walk at night should concentrate in the waiting room to sleep and rest uniformly.
I remember the waiting room of Xi'an Locomotive Depot in the 1980s, which is similar to the hotels where people come and go on the street. There are four-person rooms, six-person rooms, and eight-person rooms. Generally, one room is arranged for each flight to facilitate the call of the class staff and avoid affecting the sleep and rest of other flight attendants. But sometimes it is impossible to arrange the crew, and the crew on a flight will be scattered in different rooms. I have slept in rooms with six and eight people many times, and snoring and calling in class, which often affects my sleep.
One summer was particularly hot. In order to create a cool sleep environment for the flight attendants, the section office installed a window air conditioner that was relatively rare at the time in some rooms of the waiting room. It was cool and cool, but the "buzzing" noise seriously affected the quality of sleep, which caused people to feel dizzy when they were on duty after shift.
The steam locomotive crew's journey to each sports car is not just about driving a locomotive to transport goods or passengers from place A to place B. In addition, you have to go to the unit several hours in advance to sleep before departure. After the car arrives at the place and enters the warehouse, it also takes a lot of time to wipe the car and inspect the car. Especially when cleaning the car.
No matter spring, summer, autumn and winter, a huge locomotive, the driver, deputy driver and the driver must wipe the locomotive from the boiler, the walking part, the bottom of the car, and the coal water truck according to their respective divisions. Under the scorching summer sun, people climb up and down the scorching boiler, drill up and down the gutter without a trace of cool breeze. When I think about it now, I feel scared. Until he was covered in oil, sweating and exhausted.
Fortunately, the locomotive department set up a special vehicle cleaning team, which freed the locomotive crew from the fatigue of wiping the car behind the sports car.
The steam locomotive crew's journey to each sports car is not just about driving a locomotive to transport goods or passengers from place A to place B. In addition, you have to go to the unit several hours in advance to sleep before departure. After the car arrives at the place and enters the warehouse, it also takes a lot of time to wipe the car and inspect the car. Especially when cleaning the car.
No matter spring, summer, autumn and winter, a huge locomotive, the driver, deputy driver and the driver must wipe the locomotive from the boiler, the walking part, the bottom of the car, and the coal water truck according to their respective divisions. Under the scorching summer sun, people climb up and down the scorching boiler, drill up and down the gutter without a trace of cool breeze. When I think about it now, I feel scared. Until he was covered in oil, sweating and exhausted.
Fortunately, the locomotive department set up a special vehicle cleaning team, which freed the locomotive crew from the fatigue of wiping the car behind the sports car.
