Inside the front of the car.
Feel the impact.
Liu Qingquan, an experienced veteran, knew that the car was hooked up accurately without getting out of the car.
He gave a thumbs up to Li Aiguo: "Okay, I said Lao Cao Zhao has taken a fancy to you. He has two brushes."
"It's all because of Master Liu's careful observation."
Li Aiguo chuckled.
He took out the cigarette from his pocket and spread it around.
Strike a match, light it, and puff out a cloud of white mist.
Just after taking two puffs, someone knocked on the car window.
Turn your head and look down.
I saw the dispatcher just now gave a thumbs up: "Okay, it's done in one go, it saved me a lot of effort. The carriages are connected and ready to go. I wish you a safe journey!"
After Li Aiguo waved to him, he sat firmly, blew the whistle, relaxed, pushed the handle forward, loosened the small brake, and pulled the steam valve.
Eat like crazy...eat like crazy...eat like crazy...
The steam engine dragged twenty carriages, like a beast, galloping on the black railway track at a speed of forty yards.
The destination is Beijing Railway Station and the task is to load passengers.
The Beijing Railway Station at this time was not the Beijing Railway Station of later generations.
It is located at the Qianmen Station outside the west wall of the Temple of Heaven.
Qianmen Station has a history of hundreds of years.
Before liberation, its name was Peking East Railway Station.
After liberation, Peking East Railway Station was renamed Jingcheng Railway Station.
Jingcheng Station is the largest railway station in China.
At the same time, it undertakes the departure and arrival tasks of Beijing-Tianjin, Jingshan, Jingtong, Jinggu, Jingsui, Jinghan and other railways.
More than 30,000 people board and disembark the train every day.
There are also several trains to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, so it can be considered a busy train station.
Li Aiguo has taken trains before and also played in Beijing Railway Station.
European-style buildings stand on the large square.
The tall bell tower and round arc top are incompatible with the surrounding Chinese-style buildings.
The square in front of the station was busy and bustling with people.
Looking at the train station from the cab is a completely different feeling.
In the limited field of vision, there are only black railway tracks.
Driven by Li Aiguo, the steam locomotive slowly stopped on the platform.
The flight attendants opened the carriage door, and the passengers who had been waiting for a long time poured into the carriage.
As a train driver, Li Aiguo could not relax yet.
I checked the instrument panel again to make sure that all the pointers were within the normal range before taking a short rest.
After dozens of minutes of running-in, Li Aiguo gradually integrated into the small group of three people.
Taking advantage of my free time, we smoked and chatted.
After a brief chat, Li Aiguo learned that Master Zheng, the stoker, was originally named Zheng Jing. He had five children and his family lived in Niuma Hutong, not far from the courtyard house.
Zheng Jing became even more enthusiastic after learning that Li Aiguo lived in a courtyard.
"Be patriotic and become a train driver right after graduation. Your future will be limitless."
"Damn, the train runs fast only because you light the fire at the back."
Li Aiguo said: "Take our train as an example. The one-way distance of the railway track from Beijing to Jincheng is 153 kilometers, and the average speed of the passenger train is 35 kilometers per hour."
"You probably have to put in more than 2,700 shovelfuls of coal, which is almost 28 tons of coal."
Master Zheng shovels coal all day long and never counts the amount of coal shoveled.
Hearing this number, he was stunned for a moment, then widened his eyes and said, "No way, there are so many?"
"Wouldn't it be clear if you count it later?" Li Aiguo laughed.
The co-driver Liu Qingquan also became interested. He smoked a cigarette and said, "That's right, Lao Zheng, you can count the numbers later."
It's busy.
The car door was pushed open from inside.
The person who came in was conductor Bai Yuejie.
She smiled broadly: "Master Xiao Li, your skills are really good. It will save me, the train conductor, a lot of worry in the future."
"The time is almost up, do you think..."
Li Aiguo glanced at the time and saw that there were still five minutes until departure time.
Smiling and nodding: "Now you can tell the flight attendants to close the doors and the train will leave on time."
....
twenty minutes.
The train left the capital.
Rows of rows of tube buildings were gradually replaced by low adobe thatched houses, and the walls of the courtyard were painted with white and gray slogans.
In the green wheat field, the commune members were hard at work. When they heard the roar of the train, they all raised their heads, with envy in their eyes.
Children playing nearby will also run a certain distance with the train.
The train traveled another thirty or forty kilometers and left the suburbs of Beijing, and the surrounding area became even more deserted.
On both sides of the railway, there are bare fields, which look empty and quiet.
The black train, emitting bursts of black smoke, running on the rails looks very spectacular.
...
"The next stop is Tongzhou Chadao Station. Passengers getting off the train, please be prepared. We are the Beijing Locomotive Depot, 131 Youth Charter Group. I wish you a happy journey."
Zhang Yazhi's crisp voice came from the radio.
The co-driver, Master Liu, reminded: "Comrade driver, we are about to enter the station, please be prepared!"
He leaned forward, looked ahead, and reported a distance number.
Li Aiguo instantly calculated the data in his mind, slowly pulled the valve, and reduced the speed of the car.
As we approached the station entrance, a signal appeared not far in front of the tracks.
Master Liu leaned out again and confirmed the signal: "The signal is open, you can enter the station."
Li Aiguo followed the regulations and shouted: "The signal is open, the second lane passes."
Master Liu repeated: "The signal is open, the second lane passes."
The train passed the signal smoothly and entered the station slowly.
Li Aiguo calculated the distance, pulled down the air valve, and the train finally stopped accurately at the station.
The carriage door opened, and the passengers who had been waiting by the door eagerly jumped out of the car. The passengers who boarded the car lined up in front of the door.
Tongzhou Chadao Station is a small station and requires parking for twenty minutes. Li Aiguo also took the opportunity to release water.
"Master Liu, please pay attention to the dashboard while I go to the toilet."
"It's good, just put it in your stomach."
Master Liu nodded happily.
Since the toilet door of the ordinary carriage needs to be locked after entering the station, Li Aiguo can only go to the camping car to borrow the toilet.
The camping car is a car where the crew and drivers rest. It is located at the rear of the car and needs to pass through the entire train.
In this era, transportation was scarce, flights were almost non-existent, and long-distance buses were scarce, so trains became a tool for people to travel long distances.
The carriage was packed with people. Li Aiguo took a look and felt that the occupancy rate had reached 120%.
Even so, the carriage door was still crowded with people preparing to get on the train, and the conductor stood at the door checking tickets and letters of introduction one by one.
When they saw Li Aiguo passing by, they all said hello: "Thank you, Driver Li."
They all said this sincerely.
An excellent train driver can stop the train accurately at the designated location on the platform. They do not need to move the pedal to get on the train.
Each pedal weighs seventy or eighty kilograms, and it is indeed difficult for these little flight attendant girls to lift it.
Li Aiguo said hello and walked back. When he reached the eleventh carriage, he suddenly heard a quarrel.
"Comrade, you are not complying with the regulations. The address on the letter of introduction is Fengtai, but the ticket is for Langfang."
"I spent money to buy a ticket. You don't care where I go. The girl is beautiful, but she has a lot of troubles!"
"Comrade, please be more serious. We have regulations on the train. The address on the letter of introduction and the ticket must be consistent."
"Let's start driving. I'm not convinced today, and there's a car that I can't even get into because of my big tricks!"
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