The train driver in the courtyard
Chapter 802 The real cause of the accident, the battle horn
Liu Zhan's words were obviously intended to plead for the switchman Chen Chuan.
Li Aiguo did not intend to express his opinion until the matter was thoroughly investigated.
Liu Qingquan and Lao Zheng looked at each other and did not respond.
Liu Zhan also knew that he was in big trouble this time, so he didn't say anything more.
After eating and drinking, Li Aiguo was about to go back to the driver's building to hide for a while.
A young man in a Zhongshan suit walked into the cafeteria with his hands behind his back.
As soon as the young man entered the cafeteria, he shouted loudly at the cafeteria window.
"Chef Liu, please bring the food up quickly. I've been busy all morning and I'm starving."
"Here they come." The cook wearing a dirty apron quickly put down his rice spoon and placed two plates on the table.
A plate of stir-fried Chinese cabbage and a plate of stir-fried tofu with meat oil.
The young man sat at the table, looking at the two dishes, frowning slightly: "What's going on today? Is this food for people to eat?"
The cook seemed a little afraid of the young man. He wiped his greasy hands on his apron nervously, hunched over, and smiled with his face licked.
"Commissioner Zhao, I'm really sorry today. I had prepared some meat dishes, but an accident happened at the station.
The meat and vegetables are for the comrades who participated in the rescue. Don't worry, we will definitely make up for it tomorrow."
Hearing this, the young man picked up the chopsticks reluctantly.
"Old Liu, I'm not the kind of leader who is picky about food and drink. The reason I asked you to provide me with food is because I'm really too busy at work.
If you don’t have enough to eat and don’t have the energy to work, you will definitely not be able to achieve the progress your superiors have set. I am doing this for your own good.”
"Yes, yes, thank you for your hard work, Commissioner Zhao."
The cook turned his head away, secretly spitting and muttering, "What the hell is this!"
The employees in the cafeteria were squatting on the ground eating from a big pot. Seeing the young people's behavior, they were all angry but dared not say anything.
Old Zheng stared at the young man for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Isn't this guy Xiao Zhao, the apprentice of the boiler operator Lao Quan?"
Liu Qingquan also recognized him and nodded, "This guy used to run errands for the union, distributing menstrual pads to female employees. How did he become a specialist?"
When Commissioner Zhao heard someone exposing his past, he was about to slam the table and stand up.
When he turned around and saw that it was the 131 driver team, his face changed slightly, and then he turned his head away as if nothing had happened.
"Hey, this guy is an official now. Doesn't he recognize these old masters? He didn't even say hello." Old Zheng was a little angry: "Back then, this guy failed the assessment several times. It was us old boiler operators who came forward to ask for favors for him. Now he has become so powerful!"
Once a master, always a master. Even when Xing Duanchang sees his former masters now, he always respectfully calls himself "Xiao Xing".
Stationmaster Liu was worried that there would be a conflict between the two sides, so he quickly stopped Lao Zheng.
"Master Zheng, now Commissioner Zhao is the commissioner in charge of the improvement. Let's..."
Before he finished speaking, his meaning was very clear: the former Xiao Zhao has now become Commissioner Zhao and must not be offended easily.
Thinking that Tongzhou Station was already in chaos, Li Aiguo stood up and said, "Old Zheng, don't meddle in other people's business. We are here to cooperate with the accident investigation."
If a quarrel really breaks out with Commissioner Zhao, Tongzhou Station will be in a dilemma.
Lao Zheng could only suppress his anger, muttering something like "reverse Tiangang".
After dinner, Li Aiguo and a few others returned to the driver’s floor to rest.
At 2:30 p.m., an accident investigation team consisting of five experts arrived at Tongzhou switch station.
The team leader is Li Aiguo’s old acquaintance, Ma Dele, the head of the Safety Department of the Beijing Railway Bureau.
I haven't seen him for a while. This old comrade, who is nearly 50 years old, seems to be a little younger and more energetic than before.
After arriving at Tongzhou Station, it was a very hot day and Ma Dele didn't even have time to drink a sip of tea. He immediately asked experts to investigate the cause of the accident.
Because the accident occurred inside the station and no one involved in the accident died, it was quickly investigated.
The cause of the accident was simple.
At 10:20 am, at Tongzhou Branch Station, a heavy vehicle loaded with coking coal belonging to Oriental Chemical entered the station area from the Oriental Chemical station warehouse dedicated line, towed by the Tongzhou Branch Station shunting locomotive.
At 10:21, the Dongfang Chemical Line Duty Officer stationed at Tongzhou Chadao Station informed the station dispatcher of Tongzhou Chadao Station that the shunting locomotive sent a heavy vehicle out of the station from the Dongfang Chemical Station Warehouse. (The dispatch voucher presented by the duty officer is used as evidence)
After obtaining approval, the shunting locomotive slowly started pulling the heavy vehicle and prepared to leave the station from the upward direction.
According to the shunting plan, the switchman at Tongzhou switch station will first put the shunting train into the siding and then stop it.
The shunting train will be put into the main line after the No. 1926 freight train passes through the Tongzhou branch station.
However, the switchman Chen Chuan did not receive any notification from the dispatcher of the Tongzhou switch station and did not switch the switch.
As a result, the shunting train entered the main line of Tongzhou switch station and stopped near the 21# switch (the shunting locomotive crew thought they were stopping on the siding, but in fact they were stopping on the main line of the dedicated line), facing the No. 1926 freight train coming in the downward direction head-on.
At 10:25, the No. 1926 small freight train approached the upward direction entry signal of Tongzhou Branch Station.
Because the duty officer at Tongzhou branch station had no idea that the Oriental Chemical Plant shunting train was on the main line at that time.
Therefore, the station entry signal at this time still shows normal passing status.
Therefore, the small freight train No. 1926 still entered the Tongzhou Chadao Station at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
At this time, the driver Meng Dahe suddenly found that there was a train stopped about 100 meters ahead, and hurriedly applied emergency braking, but it was too late. The existing distance was not enough to stop the fast-moving train.
At 10:30, the No. 1926 small-scale freight train had a head-on collision with the Oriental Chemical Plant shunting train at the 21# switch at Tongzhou switch station.
At 10:31, after the accident, the workers at the station were busy rescuing the trapped train driver, resulting in the switch that had not yet been closed being left open.
Passenger train No. 131 at the station passed through the main line and rushed onto the dedicated line through the 21# switch, almost rear-ending the small freight train No. 1926.
Ma Dele announced the results of the investigation on the spot: "The accident investigation team believes that the direct cause of the accident was that Chen Chuan, the switchman at the Tongzhou turnout station, should have put the turnout train on the special line and closed the 21# turnout after receiving instructions from the dispatcher after releasing the Dongfang Chemical Plant turnout train.
Switchman Chen Chuan neglected his work and dozed off in the duty room, failing to close the 21# branch track in time, causing the No. 1926 small freight train to mistakenly believe that it had entered the main line instead of the dedicated line. Ultimately, the No. 1926 small freight train failed to brake in time and had a head-on collision with the Oriental Chemical shunting train.
The accident almost caused a rear-end collision between Train 131 and the small freight train No. 1926.
When the investigation results came out, Chen Chuan was so scared that his face turned pale and he almost collapsed to the ground.
If a person is responsible for such a serious accident, he will definitely be expelled from the railway and handed over to the railway judicial authorities for criminal prosecution.
"It's unfair. I really didn't receive any dispatching order for the No. 1926 small freight train, nor did I receive any order to close the branch track."
Chen Chuan's trembling voice was heard at the scene.
Ma Dele frowned and said seriously, "Chen Chuan, now the dispatcher of Dongfang Chemical, the driver of No. 1926 small freight train and your Tongzhou turnout dispatch office have all confirmed the existence of these two dispatch orders. Do you still want to deny it?"
Chen Chuan's face turned pale and he sat in the chair without saying a word.
In fact, he was also in a daze at this time, wondering whether he heard the dispatch order.
Ma Dele was just about to ask Chen Chuan to sign when a voice rang out.
"Team Leader Ma, the dispatch order within the station should have a formal dispatch plan, right?"
Ma Dele frowned slightly, looked up and saw that it was Li Aiguo who was speaking, and his brows immediately relaxed.
After arriving at Tongzhou Chadao Station, Ma Dele recognized Li Aiguo, but because they were busy with work, the two did not chat.
Ma Dele took out a document and handed it to Li Aiguo.
"It's Driver Li. You may not have stopped in Tongzhou for a while."
"In the past, shunting did require three procedures: the dispatcher sent an application, the station dispatch duty room prepared a shunting plan, and finally the switchman signed the plan before the switch was moved on schedule."
“It was only two months ago that the Tongzhou Station established a Progress Office, which, under the order of the commissioner, cancelled all paperwork and simplified dispatch procedures.
Now the switchman can move the branch track with just a verbal order from the station dispatcher."
When Li Aiguo heard about the Progress Office, he felt a sigh in his heart.
He had just figured out the reason why Chen Chuan slept on duty.
According to previous safety regulations, there are four switchmen on duty at each switch, divided into two shifts, with two switchmen in each shift.
The Progress Office of Tongzhou Station felt that a switchman only needed to move the points, which could be done by one person, and that it was a waste of manpower to arrange four switchmen on duty.
Therefore, the new regulations have reduced the number of switchmen to take turns on duty.
The formal scheduling plan has now been cancelled and replaced by telephone or verbal notifications.
In other words, as a switchman, Chen Chuan not only has to change the branches according to the schedule, but also has to pay attention to the notifications from the dispatching room at any time.
Tongzhou Station happened to be a large shunting station, and the shunting work was very busy. It was difficult for people to persist for twelve hours under such tense conditions, which led to the accident.
Although Li Aiguo hated the individuals who caused the safety accident, he could not tolerate this system full of loopholes.
"Without a formal dispatch plan, without signatures or seals, how can we ensure that the investigation plan is accurately implemented with just verbal notification?"
"This" Ma Dele had worked as a deputy section chief for many years before becoming the section chief of the Safety Section and was very familiar with the situation of grassroots work.
The biggest feature of the train station is the noise. Sometimes you can't hear clearly even if you are face to face.
According to the duty officer in the dispatch room, he issued dispatch orders to Chen Chuan through the window.
Chen Chuan seemed to have nodded at that time, so the duty officer thought that Chen Chuan had accepted the dispatch plan and did not continue to verify it.
Now it seems that the real problem may lie in the communication between the dispatcher and the switchman.
Ma Dele also agreed with Li Aiguo's idea, but still insisted: "Driver Li, the direct cause of the accident has been found out. I sympathize with Chen Chuan's experience, but this is how we do our job."
Li Aiguo interrupted him: "There are two purposes for investigating the accident. One is to make the perpetrators take responsibility and be punished. The more important thing is to punish them and prevent similar accidents from happening again."
Ma Dele wanted to say something, but Li Aiguo stood up and said, "In my opinion, the real culprit of this accident is not Chen Chuan, but the Tongzhou Progress Office."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.
Stationmaster Liu and several leaders of Tongzhou Station looked at each other and saw a hint of horror in each other's eyes.
If there is any department that is currently in the limelight in the bureau, it must be the Office of Advancement.
Li Aiguo is now attacking the Progress Office, and it's going to cause a huge uproar!
Ma Dele was also startled, and quickly lowered his voice and said, "Driver Li, the Progress Office is too involved, so we should limit our work to this accident."
Li Aiguo can understand Ma Dele's concerns.
As long as the accident is investigated, all of them can clear themselves of any involvement. Li Aiguo is not really going to go against his superiors.
but.
As a train driver, your primary task is to protect the safety of passengers and trains.
"Team Leader Ma, if we deal with Chen Chuan, will similar accidents never happen again?"
"I" Ma Dele opened his mouth, but no sound came out in the end.
The old security guard also wanted to use those obscure official terms to perfunctorily answer Li Aiguo, but when he thought of the tragic accident today, he just couldn't say it no matter what.
Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Ma Dele, then lit one for himself.
Feeling the spiciness of tobacco filling his lungs, Li Aiguo uttered a word.
"If we allow the Office of Advancement to continue in this way, not only will we not be able to achieve a speed increase, but it may also lead to even more tragic accidents."
"Yes!"
These words touched Ma Dele's heart. He took a puff of cigarette and sighed: "Since the establishment of the Progress Office, the production accident rate of each locomotive section has skyrocketed."
As the head of the safety department, Ma Dele knows better than anyone the dangers of the new rules and regulations.
But now the wind is strong, and what can Ma Dele, a section chief, do? He can only float in the wind like a thin grass.
A blade of grass may have to bend down under the strong wind, but what about ten, a hundred, or thousands of blades of grass?
They are united together, and although they cannot resist the strong wind, they can protect the pure land at their feet.
Stationmaster Liu, three deputy stationmasters, the dispatch room director, the kitchen cook, and all the station staff on site stood up one by one.
These people had long been fed up with the Progress Office, but they were troubled by the lack of a leader. Now that Li Aiguo took the initiative to stand up, they naturally responded.
The Office of Progress on the railway has been in existence for a long time.
The key to the matter is still Madele.
As the leader of the investigation team, he has the power to interpret the accident. He can make a big thing small or expose the matter.
The cigarette butt gradually burned out and turned into a ball of fire that flew far away. Ma Dele made up his mind, stood up and patted the table.
"Bring the person in charge of the Tongzhou Turnout Station Progress Office here!"
He felt as if he had gone back seven years.
At that time, he had just taken over the security department from the enemy, and the rules and regulations were incomplete. He worked all night and never felt tired. He was full of strength.
Take a one-hour break in the afternoon and return to work at 2:30. This is Commissioner Zhao’s old rule.
When he is resting, no one can knock on the door, let alone report work.
Today was a little unusual. Just as Commissioner Zhao lay down on the bed, there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Commissioner Zhao shouted impatiently.
There was no response from outside.
"The people in this small station are really undisciplined. Don't they know that a poor rest will affect work efficiency?!" Commissioner Zhao got out of bed angrily, put on his slippers and opened the door.
Seeing the officer of the General Administration's Security Section and two railway police officers standing outside, Commissioner Zhao frowned and said, "You guys want to report your work? Come back in an hour."
As he spoke, he was about to close the door, but the conductor blocked it with his foot.
"Commissioner Zhao, the accident investigation team wants you to come over."
"Invite me?" After confirming that the other party had not made a mistake, Commissioner Zhao felt strange but did not take it to heart. After all, he was now the station leader of Tongzhou Station and his opinion should be sought in the handling of the accident.
Commissioner Zhao wanted to tidy up the situation, but the other party seemed very anxious.
"You guys are really something. You don't pay attention to attitude at all when doing things."
When we entered the meeting room, Commissioner Zhao was still mumbling.
He saw Ma Dele sitting behind the desk, with Li Aiguo, Stationmaster Liu and others sitting next to him. He looked around but couldn't find his seat.
"Where's my place?"
Ma Dele pointed to the chair opposite the desk.
Commissioner Zhao felt that this position seemed wrong, but he didn't think much about it and sat down anyway.
Ma Dele flipped through the documents and asked, "Commissioner Zhao, did you change the dispatching procedures at Tongzhou Station?"
"I thought it was something else." Commissioner Zhao relaxed and said, crossing his legs, "It is the responsibility of the Progress Office to improve work efficiency and strive for progress.
It takes five people and three procedures, and nearly thirty minutes, to dispatch a train at Tongzhou Station. If we keep doing this, how can we strive to be advanced?
So, after some research, I optimized the scheduling procedures and saved a lot of time.”
Ma Dele's face turned cold: "It was because you cut off a few dispatch procedures that the accident happened."
Commissioner Zhao was so startled that he almost fell off his chair.
He stood up hurriedly, pointed at Ma Dele's nose and said, "Chief Ma, stop putting accusations on me!"
Ma Dele asked the team members to explain the cause and effect of the accident to Commissioner Zhao.
Commissioner Zhao no longer had the calmness he had just now, and sweat broke out on his forehead.
"I just optimized the dispatching procedures and did not stop the dispatching room from handing over to the switchman. The accident happened because of the negligence of the dispatcher and the switchman."
He talked a lot for a while, but only made one point clear: his intention was good, but the people below him executed it badly.
Li Aiguo's words shut up Commissioner Zhao: "When formulating rules and regulations, we need to consider the actual situation of their implementation. Your so-called good intentions are not tenable at all."
Commissioner Zhao's eyes rolled around at this time. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said loudly: "Our Progress Office was established in response to the call of our superiors. You are blaming me for the crime. You are going against the advocacy of your superiors. You are committing ideological errors."
It has to be said that it takes some skill for Commissioner Zhao to be able to rise from an unqualified boiler apprentice to a commissioner.
Ma Dele and Stationmaster Liu all frowned.
They couldn't keep up with the confrontation.
At the critical moment, Li Aiguo spoke again: "The higher-ups asked us to catch up with the UK and the US and improve our work efficiency. This does not mean that we should ignore reality and blindly act recklessly, nor does it mean that we should ignore safety and blindly speed up."
If you bring the above advocacy into this, what is your intention?"
After Commissioner Zhao realized this, his face turned pale and he could no longer utter a word.
Ma Dele secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Commissioner Zhao was caught, the next things would be easy to handle.
Afterwards, Ma Dele detained Commissioner Zhao, dispatcher Liu Xiangdong, and switchman Chen Chuan in the name of the investigation team and brought them back to the Beijing Railway Administration.
Three hundred and twenty employees of Tongzhou Turnout Station, led by Stationmaster Liu, wrote an open letter, which was handed over to the leaders of the General Administration by Ma Dele.
Li Aiguo was also not idle. After returning to Beijing, he wrote an article entitled "Safety is the First Priority of Railway Transportation."
Instead of sending the article directly to the editorial office, he picked up the phone and dialed the number that Minister Teng had left him.
In the evening, coming out of the Ministry of Railways, Li Aiguo clenched his fists tightly.
Li Aiguo rode his bicycle back to the locomotive depot, entered the office of Section Chief Xing, and handed the article to Section Chief Xing.
Although the article was not long, only about three hundred words, Director Xing read it very attentively, spending a full thirty minutes on it.
His eyes were fixed on the inky black words, as if they were sharp knives, flashing cold light in front of his eyes.
A sharp knife can hurt others, but it can also hurt yourself.
After putting down the newspaper, Director Xing slowly raised his head with a complex expression on his face, showing approval of the content of the article but also a hint of worry.
"Patriotism, although this article is cleverly written and only discusses the issue at hand without involving other content, it is actually against the Progress Office. Once the manuscript is published in the newspaper, you will be at the center of the storm."
This old section chief who has experienced many ups and downs knows the dangers better than anyone else.
Li Aiguo straightened his chest and said in a deep voice: "Duanzhang, if the Progress Office continues to do this, a bigger accident will definitely happen."
Now the accident at Tongzhou switch station has spread throughout the entire railway system, and Section Chief Xing is also aware of this.
"Let me put it this way. This article was written by me and has nothing to do with you." A determined look appeared on Director Xing's face. He picked up the pen and was about to change his name.
This is what a true warrior is.
Li Aiguo stopped Director Xing's hand and said, "Director, you are the leader. It is not appropriate for you to write this. I am a frontline worker and I am more convincing."
In this era, workers are the masters, and there are many articles published in the newspapers in the name of workers.
Seeing Director Xing's worried face, Li Aiguo hesitated for a moment, lowered his voice and whispered in his ear: "Minister Teng has read the article."
The worry on Director Xing Duan's face suddenly disappeared without a trace.
"I've known for a long time that you don't fight a battle without preparation. It turns out that you have already found a backer."
"With Minister Teng's support, those people can't turn the tables!"
At this time, Director Xing Duan also realized Minister Teng’s intention and thought of a solution.
"Your strength alone is still too weak. Let's ask all the train drivers in our station to sign their names."
There is strength in numbers, so Li Aiguo naturally agreed with Director Xing's opinion.
Soon, Section Chief Xing convened a meeting of all train drivers in the name of the section.
However, it was not Director Xing who spoke at the meeting, but Li Aiguo.
After the train drivers circulated the article, Li Aiguo said, "This is what it is. If anyone doesn't want to sign, you can leave now."
After the words were spoken, no one left.
This is also where Li Aiguo is cunning. Now all train drivers are watching. Whoever dares to leave will not be able to drive a train in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot in the future.
Cao Wenzhi stood up, picked up a pen and said, "If we allow the Progress Office to mess around, the train drivers will be the victims. I am patriotic, so I sign!"
Zhang Dache took the pen and signed his name at the back of the article.
Led by the two veteran train drivers, other train drivers signed their names after the article.
Looking at the excited expressions of the train drivers, Director Xing Duan could vaguely hear the sound of battle horns in his ears.
(End of this chapter)
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