The train driver in the courtyard

I, Li Aiguo, had no idea that so many things had happened in just half a day.

After leaving the weather station, he rode his bicycle back to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot, plunged into the maintenance workshop, and continued to concentrate on manufacturing vehicle-mounted lifting equipment.

After a busy morning.

The frame of the vehicle-mounted lifting equipment has been installed properly, and everything is ready, only waiting for the electric hoist to arrive.

At noon, Xiao Liu, who was in charge of the station dispatch, hurried into the workshop and shouted towards the bottom of the car: "Driver Li?"

Li Aiguo twisted his butt and crawled out from under the car: "It's Xiao Liu, what happened?"

"The electric hoist you requested has been delivered, but there is a problem now. The freight train is parked at the station.

The driver is in a hurry to go to the northeast, and urged you to take people to unload the electric hoist as soon as possible."

After hearing the news, Li Aiguo no longer had time to fiddle with the speed governor under the car.

He quickly stood up, called a few rescue team members, pushed a flatbed cart and rushed to the station.

At this time, on the train from Tianjin to Shenyang, loaded with thermos bottles and other light industrial products, the train driver was already getting a little anxious.

Seeing Li Aiguo and others coming, the driver jumped out of the front of the train, took out a hammer, and skillfully opened the carriage at the rear of the train.

"Driver Li, please drive faster. I might miss the block section soon," the train driver urged.

"Master Zhang, thank you for your help."

While directing the rescue team to load the electric hoist onto the flatbed truck, Li Aiguo handed a cigarette to the train driver.

This electric hoist is about the same size as a small diesel generator. Its outer shell is made of fine steel and it has a copper core inside. Each one weighs more than 40 kilograms.

The rescue team members took great efforts to transport ten electric hoists to the maintenance workshop.

The welder, who had been waiting in the workshop, carefully measured the size of the electric hoist.

Five racks were carefully welded on the gantry, specifically for accommodating electric hoists.

The fitter drilled holes precisely on the rack and used bolts to securely fix the electric hoist in the rack.

Several mechanics then connected the lines, and the rescue team was responsible for installing the wire ropes.

In less than half an hour, the entire lifting equipment was installed.

From the approval of the lifting equipment project to the procurement of materials and then to the completion of the installation, the entire process took less than three days.

In these days, only a unit like the locomotive depot with ample funds, extensive connections, and a large number of skilled workers is capable of doing this.

"Should we give it a try?"

Liu Qingsong was already a little impatient and rubbed his hands around the crane train.

Li Aiguo has always adhered to the idea that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

It's just that train accidents are rare.

There is no ready-made accident scenario now. We can’t artificially create an accident for testing, right?
Finally, it was Director Zhang who came up with an idea.

"There are several scrapped wagons parked on the west side of the station. We can use them for experiments."

The theoretical lifespan of a carriage these days is one million years.

As long as the iron sheet is not rusted through, the railway carriage can run across the motherland and undertake the important mission of transporting goods.

But there are always exceptions, and that is when accidents happen.

The carriages on the west side of the station were all destroyed in the accident.

The damage was so severe that it was no longer worth repairing.

It can only be left here for the maintenance workshop to remove the accessories.

The rescue train, carrying a flatbed car equipped with an onboard crane, slowly arrived at the west side of the station.

Its peculiar appearance immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.

Master Zhang from the international train is off duty today.

After getting off the train, I was planning to go home and have a good sleep, but when I saw this strange train, I came over with the co-driver and the fireman.

He squeezed through the crowd, handed Li Aiguo a cigarette, and asked, "Aiguo, how is your master's health?"

During the journey to Moscow, Master Zhang helped Li Aiguo a lot despite the danger.

Since then, Li Aiguo has become more and more respectful to this old senior.

The relationship between the two became increasingly close, and they often drank and chatted together.

"Much better. I called Harbin the day before yesterday and learned that the master has completed the surgery and will be able to return to work after resting for another half a month."

Li Aiguo took the cigarette and replied.

A few days ago, Cao Wenzhi was on a temporary night driving mission to Harbin. While helping to load and unload goods, he accidentally broke his calf.

Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time and is not seriously injured.

"Your master is just too arrogant. He is already quite old, but he still acts like a young man.

I really thought I was still the 'Cao Bupa' who could write blood letters back then..."

Although Master Zhang was scolding, he was actually relieved in his heart.

Li Aiguo could only listen as his master was being scolded.

After Master Zhang nags for a while, he points to the rescue train and asks, "Big Li, what is this?"

"This is a little gadget for the rescue team. With it, the rescue team members don't have to carry the wagons onto the train."

After hearing this, Master Zhang walked around the truck crane.

He reached out and touched the steel wire rope that was as thick as his finger, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are really good, you always come up with these novel things.

Lao Cao doesn't have any other skills. He can even break his legs while driving a train, but he did have a good apprentice. "

Seeing that Master Zhang started to talk about Cao Wenzhi again, Li Aiguo smiled helplessly and waved at Liu Qingsong.

At this time, Liu Qingsong had already informed several rescue team members how to use the truck crane.

After receiving the signal, the rescue team members hung the wire rope on the car body with a hook.

A "grand" rescue simulation operation is about to begin.

At this time, Master Zhang suddenly thought of an important question.

"Aiguo, do you need to send someone to invite Chief Xing Duan over?"

Seeing Li Aiguo's bewildered look, he pointed at the electric hoists and said, "After all, we have invested money in this project."

Yes, Director Xing is the big money sponsor of this project!
Li Aiguo immediately asked Liu Qingsong for help.

Liu Qingsong immediately sent a rescue team member to ask for help from the section leader. The rescue team member was 1.8 meters tall and had two long legs that could move very fast.

However, in less than ten minutes, he came running back.

"The section chief just went to a meeting in the department."

Liu Qingsong looked at the rescue team members and twitched his lips: "Where is Deputy Section Chief Zhang?"

"I'll go right away." The two long legs ran away again, and after a moment, came back.

"Deputy Section Chief Zhang has gone to the switch station downstairs to inspect the grain harvest."

Liu Qingsong: "."

Li Aiguo: "."

He felt that this guy's brain was all in his legs.

Finally, Liu Qingsong had to hold the long-legged man's arm and told him, "You run again. This time I won't tell you which section leader it is. Just invite the first section leader you meet. Do you understand?"

"The first section leader I met... I understand!" The man with long legs scratched his head, turned around and ran away again.

Three minutes later, the long legs returned again, but what he brought back was... Deputy Director Wang of the trade union.

When they saw Deputy Director Wang, Li Aiguo, Liu Qingsong and Master Zhang's faces instantly turned gloomy.

After the K16 train accident, the section held several meetings to discuss matters related to the accident.

Leaders including Section Chief Xing believed that the K16 crew and driver team were not responsible for the accident.

It was a wrong decision for the bureau to suspend them, so the Qianmen Locomotive Depot should report this situation to the bureau leaders.

However, Deputy Director Wang and several other activists of the union insisted that the decisions of superiors should be implemented whether they understood them or not.

Although Deputy Director Wang is not the main leader of the section.

But there are many people who support his views, which also led to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot's delay in taking action.

Everyone in the section knew that Deputy Director Wang did not have a good relationship with Section Chief Xing, the rescue team, and Li Aiguo.

Master Zhang had a high prestige among the workers and had organized activities for the train drivers of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot before liberation.

After he learned about what happened to Huang Jing and the K16 crew, he took several train drivers to find Section Chief Xing to report the situation, but Section Chief Xing persuaded them to come back on the grounds that the overall situation was more important.

After Li Aiguo learned about this, he went to thank Master Zhang specifically.

Master Zhang only said one sentence at the time: "Huang Jing is your apprentice, but also a train driver, and our brother and sister."

Now, the long-legged guy actually invited Deputy Director Wang!

The long-legged guy was excited that he could complete the task so quickly.

He ran up to Liu Qingsong, saluted, and reported: "Captain, I have successfully completed the mission!"

Liu Qingsong's mouth twitched and he said, "Yes, you have completed the mission. How about this, you go back to the rescue team and do 200 push-ups later."

"Ah?!" Long Legs was a little confused. He had clearly completed the task, so why did the captain punish him?

Deputy Director Wang of the trade union was also a little confused. He didn't understand why Li Aiguo and the rescue team invited him to watch the lifting experiment.

In fact, Deputy Director Wang had long heard that the section had allocated a sum of money to allow Li Aiguo to install an electric hoist on the train.

In his opinion, it was impossible to lift the car body with just these few small electric hoists.

Even if it can be lifted, there is no way to control the speed during the rising process of the car body, and the car body cannot be placed accurately.

In his eyes, using electric hoists for lifting is completely unnecessary.

But since he was invited and there were so many workers around him, he felt he had to act like a leader.

So, Deputy Director Wang walked to the rescue train with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's get started."

After receiving the order, the rescue team member in charge of operating the truck crane did not start the operation immediately, but turned his head and looked at Li Aiguo. This action almost made Deputy Director Wang so angry that he almost died.

He secretly complained in his heart: Hey, let's figure out the situation, who is the leader here?

Li Aiguo, however, acted as if he had not heard anything and ignored Deputy Director Wang's dissatisfaction.

Instead, he asked the rescue team members to carefully check the stability of the steel wire again, and only after confirming that it was correct did he give the order to lift it.

The rescue team immediately pressed the operator and the electric hoist started to rotate immediately.

The winch in the middle also started to work, slowly winding up the wire rope, and the wire rope retracted little by little.

Under the traction of the wire rope, the car body began to rise little by little.

The five electric hoists and five thick steel ropes were like a huge and powerful hand, steadily lifting the car body.

You have to know that this carriage weighs more than ten tons and is almost the same size as a house.

Most of the workers watching were seeing such a spectacular scene for the first time and they couldn't help but gasp.

"This thing is so powerful, it weighs more than ten tons."

"Yes, it can replace more than a dozen strong men. With this thing, the guys in the rescue team will have a much easier time in the future."

Seeing the car body rising into the air, Deputy Director Wang snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "It's just hanging up, don't you see that the lengths of the steel wire ropes are different?

How can we accurately place this carriage weighing more than ten tons on the flatbed truck?

This is not some brick that can be easily fixed.”

As soon as he said this, the workers who were so excited just now suddenly became quiet, and looked at the car body that was being lifted onto the flatbed truck bit by bit with worried expressions.

Li Aiguo ignored Deputy Director Wang.

When one corner of the car body gradually approached the flatbed truck, he shouted to the team member operating the truck crane: "You can adjust the distance."

"Adjust the distance?" The workers were confused when they heard this.

At this moment, the operator first turned off the electric hoist, and then picked up a large wooden board.

There are five buttons on the wooden board, and five electric hoists are connected to it with wires below.

The operator gently pressed one of the buttons, and saw an electric hoist rotating independently.
As it rotated, the wire rope began to retract, and a corner of the car body that was originally far away from the flatbed truck was slowly pulled over.

Looking at the corner of the flatbed truck gradually approaching in the air, the workers finally understood.

“It turns out these electric hoists can be controlled individually!”

“By controlling the electric hoist individually, the distance can be adjusted.

This method is both simple and practical. As expected of Li Da Che, he can always use the simplest method to solve the most difficult problems. "

As the rescue team continued to operate skillfully, the remaining two electric hoists were started one after another, and finally the car body landed steadily on the flatbed truck.

However, to everyone's surprise, due to the reverberation effect of the wire rope.

The car body did not fall completely and tightly on the flatbed truck, but was offset by about five centimeters.

Deputy Director Wang was immediately alerted when he saw this. He strode to the side of the carriage with his hands behind his back and shouted at the top of his voice: "I told you, machines are not as reliable as people.

Look, the car body protrudes so much, which can easily cause an accident while driving.

We must learn from the lessons of the K16 train accident and put driving safety and passenger safety first... Oh my god..."

As Deputy Director Wang was speaking, he slapped the car body hard, making a loud bang, fully demonstrating his authority as the section leader.

But at this moment, the carriage suddenly moved up again.

The black carriage seemed to be coming straight towards his head, scaring him so much that he screamed "Oh my God!" His legs went limp and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Fortunately, the car body only rose two centimeters before stopping.

Afterwards, the rescue team quickly adjusted five electric hoists, and with the mutual cooperation of the electric hoists, the car body was finally completely aligned with the flatbed truck.

The operator pressed the switch again, the wire rope slowly lowered, and the car body landed steadily and tightly on the flatbed truck.

This time there was not even the slightest error.

Deputy Director Wang, who was sitting on the ground, witnessed the whole process.

Only then did he realize that he had made a big mistake - since the wire rope could place the car body steadily on the flatbed truck, it could naturally also lift the car body up again.

Putting aside personal stance, this little train driver is really capable of designing such an ingenious thing.

After Deputy Director Wang regained consciousness, he looked around and realized that the workers were all staring at him with mocking eyes.

He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and quickly jumped up from the ground, brushing off the dust on his body in panic.

Then he pointed at the operator and shouted angrily: "What are you doing? Didn't you see there was someone next to you?
How can you start the hoisting at this time? You are operating in violation of regulations. I will go to the safety department of the bureau to complain about you now!"

The operator was a young man with a crew cut. He first looked at Deputy Director Wang with a smile, then slowly pointed at the gantry on the flatbed truck.

"Deputy Director Wang, everyone in our section said that you were not well educated. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that you couldn't even read."

Only then did Deputy Director Wang notice that on the steel pipe of the gantry there was a line of words prominently painted in bright red paint: "Lifting is dangerous, do not approach."

When the bright red words came into his eyes, Deputy Director Wang's face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

I cursed in my heart: This damn train driver, he couldn't even consider such a small matter.

At this time, the workers and rescue team members had begun to cheer for the success of the experiment.

Deputy Director Wang saw that the situation was not good and realized that he would not get any benefit here, so he turned around and prepared to leave.

But as soon as he turned around, a burly figure blocked his way.

"Li Aiguo, what are you doing? I am the leader of the department, please don't do anything stupid!"

When Deputy Director Wang saw Li Aiguo staring at him with a strange smile on his face, he instinctively felt that the situation was not good and subconsciously took a step back.

Li Aiguo said with a smile: "Deputy Director Wang, have you forgotten the purpose of coming here today?"

"I'm... here to visit the experiment on behalf of the section..." Deputy Director Wang's face became increasingly uglier as he said this.

Li Aiguo then asked: "So what do you think of our experiment this time?"

"It's a success... It's a great success, Li Da Che, congratulations on your contribution to the section." Deputy Director Wang gritted his teeth but could only force a smile on his face.

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

I felt so aggrieved. I had originally been thinking of coming here to give them a beating.

In the end, I was defeated by others and I even had to congratulate them in the end. What's going on?

Li Aiguo looked at Deputy Director Wang's back and narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this time, Zhang Dache came over from behind.

He raised his chin towards Deputy Director Wang's departing back and said to Li Aiguo, "Aiguo, I got the news. Deputy Director Wang was behind the suspension of the K16 crew. You better be careful."

Li Aiguo was not surprised that Zhang Dache was so well-informed.

Zhang Dache is an experienced train driver with high prestige in the section and there are few things that can be hidden from him.

"Don't worry, Master Zhang. The locomotive depot belongs to us workers. These evil spirits can't cause any trouble."

Li Aiguo didn't take Deputy Director Wang to heart. He was still worried about the situation inside the Railway Bureau.

Now the K16 crew has been suspended for four or five days, but the bureau still hasn't made a decision on how to deal with it. This is enough to show that the leaders have different opinions.

If the K16 crew received severe punishment for this, they would not be eligible for performance appraisal in the future and their promotion would also be affected.

If there is a chance, we still have to find a way
Liu Qingsong had already directed the driver to drive the rescue train back to the maintenance workshop. He walked over and shook Li Aiguo's hand tightly: "Aiguo, thank you."

Just kidding, with this set of vehicle-mounted lifting equipment, their rescue team can save a lot of effort.

"Don't be polite. Your rescue team and us train drivers are one family," said Li Aiguo.

As the two were chatting, the loud speaker hanging on the office building of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot sounded, and a passionate voice was heard.

"Emergency notice, emergency notice, leaders of all departments of Qianmen Locomotive Depot and train drivers, please go to the conference room for a meeting."

Li Aiguo originally planned to go back to the studio to draw the standard drawings of the truck-mounted crane, but when he heard the horn, he couldn't help but stop.

"The section chief is having a meeting with the train drivers? Could something serious have happened in the section?"

"Yes, generally speaking, meetings are notified in advance, and many people are not in the section right now. Li Da Che, stop thinking about it, let's go quickly."

Master Zhang turned and walked towards the meeting room. Li Aiguo followed him for two steps and suddenly remembered something.

Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at Huang Jing who was still standing there: "Apprentice, go back to the studio now and pick some tomatoes from the greenhouse. I will invite you to my home to eat tomato and egg noodles in the evening."

Huang Jing was also a train driver, but now she has been suspended and is not eligible to attend the meeting. She is very depressed about this.

Hearing Li Aiguo's words, he immediately became excited.

Li Aiguo's cooking skills are only average, but he is good at making tomato and egg noodles.

After Huang Jing ate it once, she has been thinking about it ever since.

"Master, I'll go right away."

After Huang Jing left, Li Aiguo followed Master Zhang to the large conference room on the first floor of the office building.

At this time, the conference room was already full of people.

All the off-duty train drivers came, and leaders from various departments also arrived. The huge conference room was crowded and bustling with people.

Everyone was curious and didn't know why this meeting was suddenly held.

Director Xing Duan had just returned from the department and convened a meeting. He was feeling dry-mouthed at the moment.

He sat upright on the podium, drinking from an enamel jug.

After drinking the water in one breath, he saw that most people had arrived, so he raised his hand and wiped the corner of his mouth with his palm, then raised his voice and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet, let's start the meeting now.

I just received a notice from the ministry that the large grain ship from Maple Leaf Country will be docking soon.

In order to transport the grain back in the shortest possible time, the ministry asked our locomotive section to send two freight trains to Tianjin to transport the grain."

The food was finally arriving. Li Aiguo clenched his fists and waved them vigorously.

Although he believed that the farmer and his suggestions would be taken seriously by the higher-ups, he still couldn't help but get excited after getting this definite result.

With these tens of thousands of tons of grain, the domestic food shortage situation will be greatly improved.

As for that bunch of ungrateful people in the bunker with a lot of iron, get lost!

(End of this chapter)