At 10 o'clock in the morning of February 3, the cold wind in the empty depot was cold, and Zhang He shuttled between the vehicles to "check the pulse" of the train. Photo by Fu Xiaomei.
China.com, February 5 (Reporter Tang Jialei, Correspondent Feng Li, Fu Xiaomei) Among the behind-the-scenes workers of the railway Spring Festival, there is such a position, they have to conduct a "physical examination" on the passing freight trains every day, and check the door closure, loading and reinforcement like "doctors" to ensure the safe operation of freight trains.
On February 3, it was nearly minus 20 degrees Celsius in Jinzhou, and the severe cold weather brought great challenges to the inspection of trucks. At 7:30 a.m., Zhang He, a freight inspector at Jinzhou Station of China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group, put on a big cotton hat and a nearly 7-kilogram "instrument" on his back after completing the handover with the first personnel, and began a day's "medical practice" work.
During the Spring Festival, the number of goods such as grain, coal, and daily necessities for the Spring Festival increased dramatically, and the transportation task was heavy. Each carriage is about 12 meters long, a freight train has an average of nearly 60 carriages, each operation from the locomotive head to the tail, and then from the other side of the tail inspection to the locomotive head, a trip to the road between the road 2 kilometers, before the Spring Festival every day to check 9 to 10 trains of nearly 600 cars, a shift down more than 30,000 steps, in order to ensure the smooth arrival of the Spring Festival people's vital materials, they appear to be particularly busy.
On the morning of February 3, Zhang He inspected the loading and reinforcement of goods and the status of the doors on the side of the train one by one. Photo by Fu Xiaomei.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the cold wind in the empty depot was blowing, Zhang He still shuttled between the cars to "check the pulse" of the train, and checked the loading and reinforcement of goods and the status of the doors on the side of the train one by one, which was the third "patient" he received today. "It's not easy to walk in the stock road, most of them are stone ballast roads, you must wear soft-soled rubber shoes to be safer, and at least wear out your shoes this year. No matter whether the shoes are always wet in winter or summer, snow in winter and sweat in summer, you must at least have another pair of shoes when you are on duty, and when this pair is wet, you will immediately change to another pair. Zhang He introduced as he walked, measuring the station with his footsteps and watering safety with sweat. This is the job of a freight inspector.
At 19 o'clock, it was already dark, and at this time, Zhang He was carrying a flashlight to clean up the small stones on the outer edge of the car, "Our work is like that of a doctor, except that the doctor is to treat people, and we are to 'see a doctor' for vehicles and goods." If these pebbles can not be found and cleaned in time, it is easy for the train to fly out when it is running, and if it hits the locomotive or vehicle on the adjacent line, it may cause a safety accident. Zhang He said.
Zhang He's "Treasure Chest" photo by Fu Xiaomei from China Net.
At 19:30, the day's "medical practice" work ended, and Zhang He walked to the ** room with the "medicine box" on his back to prepare for the handover with the ** personnel. On the way, he showed us his "treasure chest", which contained pliers, a small hammer, wire, a tape measure, a knife, a blockade, a walkie-talkie, etc. "You may encounter any 'symptoms' in your daily 'pulse', so you must bring all the tools to avoid falling off the chain at critical times. Zhang He said.