Jincheng and Beijing are more than 100 kilometers apart. They have had frequent exchanges since ancient times, and trains are the most important connection hub.
There is even a seemingly inconspicuous jingle among the people - "Jinbei Yang, Zhang Luolong, Wan'an Huang, Fengyongtong Cha Zhengyang Beside."
It refers to all the train stations from Jincheng to Beijing at that time.
The reason why the jingle appeared is that the trains at that time did not announce the station. If passengers remembered this jingle and counted the stops one by one, they would hardly miss the station.
After liberation, in order to serve the masses, the radio station would announce the platform ahead before the train departed, which avoided a lot of trouble for the people.
"Comrade passengers, please note that we are arriving at Fengtai Station ahead. Comrades who are preparing to get off, please bring your carry-on luggage."
Zhang Yazhi's high-pitched voice came from the loudspeaker.
Train 131 passed through Tongfengtai Station, Yongdingmen Station, Tongzhouchadao Station and Zhengyangmen Station without any accidents.
Li Aiguo also gradually relaxed, took out a cigarette, and started smoking comfortably.
It seems that in this era where cows, horses and snake gods dare not show their heads, even the law of raising flags has become invalid.
Two hundred days of safe driving record. Stable.
Sudden.
Liu Qingquan, the co-driver in charge of lookout, shouted: "Report to the driver, it's raining outside."
Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at the side glass.
The strong wind carried the heavy rain like countless whips, lashing hard against the glass windows.
"It's normal to rain, don't worry."
Co-driver Liu Qingquan also disagreed.
The weather is changeable, and trains often encounter rain, hail, and snow when running outside.
As long as the tracks are clear, nothing will happen.
What they didn't expect was that the rain was getting heavier and the wind was raging and unstoppable.
It's like a big hand has been sketched in the sky, and the originally blue sky has been painted black.
In just a moment, the train seemed to pass from day to night.
The patter of raindrops hitting the car glass was annoying.
I'm not afraid of rain.
The key is that it's very windy outside.
Li Aiguo looked through the car window and saw a small tree rising from the ground and flying in the sky.
He decisively pulled the gate, causing friction between the wheels and the rails, causing the train's speed to slowly decrease.
Liu Qingquan noticed the speed of the car dropped and retracted his head from the window.
It was raining heavily outside, but in just a moment, his hair was already soaked, and there were raindrops on his nose and eyebrows.
While taking out a towel to wipe the water droplets from his face, he said loudly: "Comrade driver, if the speed drops so low, we will definitely be late. Captain Bai will definitely complain."
What train conductors hate most is delays.
It's not that you will be punished by the locomotive depot, but the people who take the train, who doesn't want to go home early?
When the train is delayed, passengers will inevitably complain, and the crew has to bear the complaints from passengers.
Li Aiguo said: "It's better to be late than to have an accident. The wind outside is too strong, and the big trees on both sides of the road may be blown down. We still have to be more careful."
"Understood, I will do a good job as a lookout to ensure nothing happens."
After realizing the seriousness of the problem, Liu Qingquan immediately stuck his head out in the wind and rain.
As for the train conductor, she is only the train conductor and cannot give orders to the driver team.
Liu Qingquan soon felt that he was a little overconfident.
The raindrops outside were fast and fierce, hitting my face like knives.
Moreover, the rain poured into his eyes and mouth with all his strength. After just a moment, he couldn't hold on any longer.
"Comrade driver, no, no, it's raining too hard outside. This is the first time in my life that I, Old Liu, have seen such heavy rain."
Liu Qingquan retracted his head and immediately picked up a towel and wiped his face desperately.
Li Aiguo had already reduced the speed to the limit at this time, and the speed could not be reduced any further.
While driving, the speed of the train can decrease, but it cannot stop.
Once the car is parked and returned to the locomotive depot, you have to write a document to explain the situation to the depot.
If it's serious, you'll have to be criticized.
Li Aiguo turned around and looked at the stoker Lao Zheng.
"Master Zheng, please take turns with Master Liu as a lookout."
The speed of the car was very low at this time, and the stoker did not need to fill it with coal all the time. Old Zheng responded and took over Liu Qingquan's position.
Just like that, the two of them took turns to look out, and the train traveled more than ten kilometers in the wind and rain.
When passing by a maintenance station, the operating conductor at the rear of the train reported the news of the train's delay through a message strip.
The exact amount of delay is not certain.
inside the carriage.
Captain Bai called out all the flight attendants who were supposed to be resting.
Do a good job in service and explain to the passengers in each carriage.
People in this era are generally relatively simple. When the passengers saw the heavy rain outside, they knew the pros and cons and expressed their understanding.
No one asked for compensation for the delay at all.
Captain Bai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the situation inside the train was stable. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked out the window at the dark sky.
Now the safety of the people in the car all depends on the comrades on the driver team.
Inside the locomotive.
Li Aiguo held the handle of the gate tightly, turning his head to look at Liu Qingyuan from time to time, waiting for something unexpected to happen.
Until the heavy rain outside gradually lightened up, nothing happened.
At this time, it was less than thirty miles away from Huangcun Station, and Li Aiguo's mood gradually relaxed.
"It seems that the white driver has no crow's mouth"
"Brake! Brake! Brake!"
Liu Qingquan's exclamation came to his ears.
Li Aiguo barely had time to think, his palms were under the influence of muscle memory.
The whistle was stepped on hard, and the brakes were "extremely depressed" (the large and small brakes were pulled down at the same time, emergency braking).
The huge inertia of the train pushed the wheels that had been locked by the brake shoes to rub violently against the rails, making a harsh sound in an instant, and sparks flying under the train.
Due to the sudden braking in the train carriage, people were thrown over and the packages on the luggage rack also fell down.
Captain Bai was inspecting the carriages. He was caught off guard and stumbled, almost falling to the floor.
Zhang Yazhi, with quick eyesight and quick hands, grabbed her: "Captain Bai, are you okay?"
Captain Bai didn't care about himself and looked out the window with a horrified expression: "Yes, is something wrong?"
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she felt that her question was a bit silly.
Such a violent braking action would only be performed by the train driver when a major accident occurs.
Fortunately, the train only braked and there was no collision.
When Commander Bai thought of this, his face suddenly turned pale. He clutched the armrest tightly, silently hoping that the train would stop quickly.
Zhang Yazhi also realized it and bit her lip tightly with her teeth, causing bloodshot eyes.
Li Aiguo is driving the train now.
The noisy passengers in the carriage suddenly became quiet.
They looked nervous and their eyes were filled with fear.
Inside the locomotive.
After Li Aiguo braked, Liu Qingquan continued to exclaim loudly: "Report to the driver, there is someone waving a flag in front. It's not a flag, it looks like a tattered coat."
"What's the distance?"
"Seven to eight hundred meters."
Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
"A fully loaded train weighs 4,500 tons.
The coefficient of friction between the wheel and the rail is 0.17.
The current train speed is 30 kilometers per hour.
According to the friction force formula, the braking distance can be calculated to be five hundred meters.
We can definitely stop the train in time! "
Liu Qingquan and Master Zheng were stunned.
One head was stretched out, letting the heavy rain beat on it.
A man holding a shovel stood beside the boiler.
How can I be a train driver? His level of calculation is enough to become a math teacher.
What?
Teachers’ benefits are far inferior to those of train drivers?
Forget it.
In the pouring rain.
The speed of the train gradually decreased and finally stopped.
"Pfft."
With an exhaust sound, the entire carriage cheered when the train stopped.
Although they didn't know what accident the train had encountered, they would be safe as long as the train stopped.
At this time, Li Aiguo's palms were clenched with sweat, and he almost jumped with excitement.
Mr. Newton will not deceive me!
This time your old coffin board is finally suppressed
We won't bother you constantly jumping out of the coffin to curse.
Liu Qingquan and Master Zheng were stunned.
"Good guy, it really stopped."
"Aiguo, your current driving skills are almost as good as Zhang Dache!"
Li Aiguo no longer cared about chatting with them at this time.
He opened the side door and jumped out of the train in the wind and rain.
It was dark outside at this time.
Big and shiny raindrops sprinkled densely from the sky, making the sky and earth blurry.
To be able to notice the situation here from seven to eight hundred meters away, co-driver Liu Qingquan's vision must be at least 6.0.
With the bright car lights, Li Aiguo covered his eyes with his hands and squinted to see clearly.
More than twenty meters away from the front of the car, stood an old man in his seventies or eighties.
He stood upright in the middle of the tracks.
In the bright lights, in the pouring rain.
The old man was naked from the waist up, letting heavy raindrops fall on his bare, wrinkled chest.
The wind takes advantage of the rain and the rain helps the wind, as if it wants to sweep everything away.
The old man needs a hoe in one hand to stand firm.
He raised one hand high and waved the shabby coat vigorously.
Not far behind him, a big tree was uprooted and lay across the railroad tracks.
Li Aiguo felt scared for a while.
If the train fails to stop in time and hits a tree, the only result will be derailment.
at this time.
Liu Qingquan and Commander Bai both rushed down.
They put their clothes on their heads to avoid the heavy rain, and were stunned when they saw the old man's appearance.
"Quickly, find some clothes for the old man to wear."
Li Aiguo shouted.
Even young people can't bear such a strong storm, let alone old men.
but.
It was midsummer at this time, and everyone was wearing short-sleeved shirts, so there was no extra clothes.
Li Aiguo didn't have time to think too much, so he took off his short sleeves and put them on the old man's head to protect him from the wind and rain.
The strong wind and heavy rain blocked the light and also covered people's sanity.
The old man didn't seem to have recovered yet. He was afraid that the train would rush towards him, so he kept waving his coat with his short sleeves covering his head.
"Uncle, uncle, thank you for reminding me. The train has stopped. It's raining too hard now. Let's go to the carriage first to take shelter from the rain."
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Li Aiguo didn't have time to think too much and helped the old man get into the camping car behind.
The stewards in the camping car quickly found towels to help the old man wipe the rain off his body, and poured him a cup of hot tea.
He held the enamel jar with his dry and thin hands and drank two sips of hot tea. Only then did the old man finally recover.
He raised his head and looked at Li Aiguo: "Comrade, has the train been saved?"
"Save it, save it!" Li Aiguo said loudly while wiping the rain with a towel.
The old man's tense mood relaxed and he murmured in a low voice: "Just keep it, just keep it."
Commander Bai came back with a coat and handed it to the old man: "Master, put it on first."
The jacket is a brand-new male cabin crew uniform and should be a spare part of the cabin crew.
"This is so inappropriate. I'm covered in mud. It's my fault. It would be a pity if such fine clothes get dirty." A trace of embarrassment appeared on the old man's face.
"Uncle, you saved the people on our train and are our savior. A piece of clothing is nothing. The weather has changed a lot, so just wear it." Commander Bai knelt down to reason with the old man.
But no matter how she tried to persuade her, the old man was determined not to take advantage of petty gains, and Commander Bai also looked helpless.
This makes it difficult to find clean old clothes.
The old turtle hiding in the camping car smoked a cigarette and curled his lips and said: "A dog's head can't hold a plate - it can't be put on the table. Does a mud-legged guy from the countryside deserve such respect?"
When Li Aiguo saw that the old man refused to accept his clothes no matter what, he stood up and said, "Old comrade, I am the leader on the train, and now I want to criticize you."
"Ah?! Are you criticizing me?"
"Yes, this dress expresses the friendship between our locomotive department and the farmer brothers. If you don't accept it, do you think there is no class brotherhood between us?"
"this"
The old man's expression changed.
He bit his chapped lips, hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the clothes and put them on his body.
Even though he was wearing clothes, he still adjusted them twice to prevent the clothes from sticking to the mud on his legs.
Captain Bai glanced at Li Aiguo unexpectedly.
I didn’t expect this advanced driver to be quite good at mass work.
At the same time, she was secretly reminding herself.
As a train conductor, you should not only live in the city, not only in the locomotive depot, but also should have contact with all kinds of people.
Only in this way can we better serve passengers.
Li Aiguo wiped the rain off his body and couldn't help but shiver. The rain didn't look like summer rain, it was cold.
"Driver Li, you should also drink some boiled water." Zhang Yazhi came over with an enamel jar and a coat in her hand.
While Li Aiguo was drinking tea, she helped put the coat on Li Aiguo's body. Her fingers slid over the strong muscles, and her heart throbbed.
If a lesbian helped a gay man to dress in another scene, she might be considered to be incompetent in the relationship between men and women.
But Li Aiguo had just stopped the train in time to save a whole car of passengers, and braved the heavy rain to invite the old man to the train.
Who dares to make irresponsible remarks? Captain Bai will be the first to go up and tear him apart.
Li Aiguo chatted with the old man while drinking tea.
As the rain outside gradually stopped, I began to understand a lot about the old man's condition.
The old man's name is Zhou Shuanzhu, a villager from nearby Zhoujiazhuang.
I was grazing sheep near the railway tracks today when it suddenly started to rain heavily.
Uncle Zhou was about to drive the sheep home in a hurry. At that moment, a big tree more than 200 meters away from the railway track was blown down by the strong wind.
The trunk of the big tree had been rotten by insects. It didn't weigh much originally, but because of its lush branches and leaves, it was knocked down on the railway track.
Uncle Zhou didn't care about looking for the sheep at this time. He hurriedly threw down the sheep whip and tried to move the big tree away.
As a result, nothing is used.
Even though the tree is rotten, it cannot be moved by human power.
When Uncle Zhou saw the lights of a train flashing in the distance, he rushed onto the tracks and stopped the train without thinking.
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket. As a result, the cigarette box had already become wet and the cigarette inside became a mess.
Seeing the situation, Liu Qingquan quickly took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to Li Aiguo, and then handed one to the old man.
Li Aiguo lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.
The spicy smell of tobacco filled my lungs, and I felt much more energetic.
"Old man, how did you know to wave your coat to stop the train?"
This sounds childish, but even primary school students know that when encountering danger, they can wave a flag to alert the train driver.
But you must know that in this era, the illiteracy rate is as high as 80%.
Many villagers in remote villages even think that the locomotive can run so fast because there are more than a dozen horses inside.
The old man smoked, and for the first time pride appeared on his dark face: "Young man, don't think I am a bad old man. Back then, I followed Captain Liu Hong and attacked Japanese trains on the railway line in Lincheng Zaozhuang area. .
Not to mention blocking the train, at the speed of your train just now, the old man flew up and jumped on the train. "
Captain Liu Hong. Lincheng Zaozhuang's feelings are the railway right-clicking team!
(End of chapter)
