China News Service, Hefei, August 7th (Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Qiang) "As a Shangshui worker, I am satisfied to see that passengers have guaranteed water during the journey." Li Yongjuan, a 48-year-old Shangshui worker, "dragged" her wet trouser legs. Son and shoes sighed with emotion.
For the past few days, the Fuyang area of Anhui has continued to have high temperatures.
In the stock road of Fuyang North Station of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., layers of heat waves swelled on the rails, and the trains shuttled from south to north.
In the parked train, Li Yongjuan and her colleagues, as usual, dragged ten kilograms of water pipes under the scorching sun, and hurriedly walked in the "crack" of the train with a width of more than 1 meter, busy.
Li Yongjuan, a water worker at Fuyang Railway Station, is carrying out the water-feeding operation of a passenger train.
Photo by Zhang Xueliang
Sheung Shui workers are a little-known type of railway worker, but like conductors and flight attendants, they are very close to passengers.
Whenever the train stops at the platform, this group of people races against time to "trot" on the side of the carriage to fill the train's water tank with water to ensure passengers' water needs.
At 11:10, Li Yongjuan's walkie-talkie came from the comprehensive control room about the preparation of the train notice.
She put on rubber gloves, took the "water key", and lined up with her team colleagues.
From the air-conditioned waiting room to the scorching sun outside, they ignored the scorching heat wave that swept their bodies and strode to Sheung Shui Point.
Li Yongjuan, a water worker at Fuyang Railway Station, is carrying out the water-feeding operation of a passenger train.
Photo by Zhang Xueliang
As the train slowly entered the track, the mixed high temperature on the ground and the heat emitted by the locomotive made the "calorific value" in the track instantly "explode", like a "steamer".
As soon as the train stopped, Li Yongjuan skillfully bent down and pulled a ten-meter-long and ten-pound water supply pipe from the well to the water filling port of the carriage. With bent legs, strong waist, and fast and accurate hands, Li Yongjuan quickly inserted it into the water supply pipe of the carriage. On the head, go back to the well and forcefully turn the "water key" to open the valve, and the action is completed in one go.
Then, she picked up another water supply pipe, went to the adjacent carriage, and repeated these actions... Then waited for the water to be filled, closed the valve, and returned the water supply pipes to their original positions in turn.
"The 16 carriages of this train have to 'drink water'. Using the 20 to 30 minute parking gap, each person has to 'feed water' to 4 carriages. Especially in hot weather, passengers use more water, and the amount of water is large. We move quickly and coherently, otherwise the train will be 'not full' in a short time, and even affect the punctuality of driving." Li Yongjuan pulled the pipe with both hands and trot all the way to the water injection.
In order to get as much water as possible, she and her colleagues maintained a "running" position between each car.
After a while, Li Yongjuan was sweating profusely, and the beads of perspiration dripped down. She wiped her face with the sleeve of her uniform, and the airtight rubber gloves on her hands were also wet. All a little puffy.
Li Yongjuan stood on the stock road ahead of time, ready to add water to the train.
Photo by Zhang Xueliang
Fuyang Station is a first-class station on the Beijing-Kowloon Railway Line. It is an important hub connecting Qingfu, Shangfu, Luofu, Fuhuai, Jingjiu, and Fuliu railways. It receives and dispatches more than 120 passenger trains per day. On average, more than 11,000 passengers are sent every day.
There are 11 Sheung Shui workers in a team at the station, divided into 3 groups, each of which is responsible for adding water to nearly 20 trains.
"With the improvement of the epidemic and the opening of the summer transportation, the number of additional trains has increased. A shift of 12 hours takes an average of 70 cars to fill the water and walk back and forth for more than 10 kilometers." Li Yongjuan, who had finished filling the water, stood by the train and kept an eye on each car. For the water injection port, she needs to check again that all the water pipes are unplugged to ensure that the train safely leaves the platform.
"Working in Shangshui is not only tiring, but also because the 'work area' is narrow, and there are ballasts next to it. If you are not careful, your feet will be swollen, and the water will often soak your pants and shoes." Li Yongjuan said that every time she came back from work, her shoes All wet.
After watching the train leave the platform, Li Yongjuan received the order for the next train to take water. She and her colleagues sorted out the water pipes and stood on the stock road to meet the train in advance.
"Noon is a time when trains are running intensively. Sheungshui workers need to go outside for 5 or 6 consecutive trains to come back. Lunch is almost all eaten until 1 pm." said Shi Jiayou, the supervisor of the Shangshui engineering team at Fuyang Station. .
On the platform, people flow like weaving;
Like Li Yongjuan, the Shangshui workers repeat the same actions hundreds of times every day. They are not afraid of boredom, sweating, and persevering under the scorching sun to ensure that every train is "full" and travel, providing passengers with bubbling clear springs in the hot summer. .
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