China News Service, Zhuzhou, February 10th: The last "New Year's Eve train" of the 37-year-old "Old Train Inspection"
Author Lei Bin Wang Miao Tang Wenya Wu Zhiguang
"Mom, please eat slowly. I'm going to work first." "Okay, you should pay attention to safety when you go to work." On February 9, the Lunar New Year's Eve, Yang Huiwu said goodbye to his family as usual, leaving behind a table full of family members and a sumptuous meal. Reunion dinner and hurried to work.
Yang Huiwu on the night shift is performing a "physical examination" on the train. Photo courtesy of Zhuzhou Depot
Yang Huiwu is an inspector at the Zhubei-South Operation Workshop of the Zhuzhou Depot of Guangzhou Railway Group. His work nature is four shifts. He happens to be working the evening shift on New Year's Eve and needs to arrive at the workshop at 18:45 to hand over his shift.
The dispatch operation site of the Zhubei South Application Workshop is located in the Zhuzhou North Station area, a hub where the Beijing-Guangzhou and Shanghai-Kunming railway lines meet. It is mainly responsible for the inspection and maintenance of trains departing from the Beijing-Guangzhou and Shanghai-Kunming lines. There are 25 tracks in total, and each year The operating volume is more than 24,000 trains with about 1.2 million vehicles, and more than 19,000 through trains with about 730,000 vehicles.
After Yang Huiwu took over the shift, trains loaded with key freight supplies such as thermal coal, spring plowing fertilizers, and Spring Festival commodities were parked in the workplace at temperatures close to zero degrees Celsius, waiting quietly to undergo "physical examinations."
At 0:20, a notice came from the duty room: "A group of 6 lanes of 33001 starting operations, with 55 vehicles in total." Yang Huiwu, who was filling in the operation information, quickly picked up the vehicle inspection hammer and tool kit and rushed to the scene. After skillfully completing the prescribed actions such as controlling signals and inserting protective red lights, Yang Huiwu strictly implemented the operating standards and was constantly tapping vehicle parts. He listened carefully to the sounds made by the parts to determine whether the vehicle parts were in good condition.
The work was completed at 0:55. He squatted in the aisle, facing the biting cold wind, and watched the train that had finished work leave safely from beside him. When the last car passed and he was about to return to the inspection room, another work information came from the intercom. , he tightened his work cotton-padded clothes and quickly ran to the parking lot.
"During the Spring Festival travel season, freight trains arrive and depart at every possible opportunity, and the working hours are not fixed. A class can hardly go back to the waiting room. They are either working on the stock track or assisting young workers in the team to deal with faults. Sometimes they even go into the waiting room to drink. You have to fight for time for water." Yang Huiwu said that as a "veteran train inspector" who has worked for 37 years, his sense of responsibility allows him to continue working for nearly 10 hours in temperatures close to zero.
Over the past 37 years, Yang Huiwu has strictly implemented operating standards during his work. A total of 520,000 vehicles have been safely inspected, and more than 20,000 faults have been found. He has been awarded many times by China Railway Group and Guangzhou Bureau Group Company, and has been awarded advanced individuals and outstanding Communist Party members many times. honor. This year's Spring Festival is the last Spring Festival in his working life. Yang Huiwu, who is about to retire honorably, will continue to pick up the inspection hammer that has been with him for 37 years to ensure safety. During the Spring Festival travel rush, in order to ensure the safety of cargo trains, he inspected an average of 15 trains of more than 260 trucks per shift, walked more than 30,000 steps, bent down more than 1,500 times, and hammered and inspected more than 4,000 times.
"This year is another New Year's Eve with my colleagues in the work team, but this is also my last Spring Festival travel. I really can't bear to leave the inspection hammer in my hand and the colleagues who work together." Yang Huiwu sighed, "I can't spend time with my family during the New Year and the holidays. How many It’s a bit regretful. I must stand on the last shift and draw a perfect end to my 37-year career as a vehicle inspector.” (End)