Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 317: Layout of the Freight Industry
Northern Heavy Machinery Plant.

"Our first generation of Orient Express diesel locomotives is expected to be put into trial operation after the new year. Our manufacturing progress is very fast now, and we expect to complete the manufacture of the first locomotive in three months," factory director Jiang Shouquan excitedly introduced to Ren Zhong.

"We are mainly responsible for the overall manufacturing of the locomotive, and Liming Power is responsible for the introduction and digestion of the 567 diesel engine. According to the progress they provided, their diesel engine will also be off the production line before the end of the year. Next year, we plan to produce 40 Orient Express diesel locomotives. According to the plan of the railway department, 10 will be put into operation on the Beijing-Fengtian Line, 15 on the Pinghan Line, 5 on the Jinpu Line, 5 on the Longhai Line, and 5 on the Yuehan Line."

"In fact, they need more. They heard that our locomotive can ensure towing 3600 tons and run 80 kilometers. They are eager to replace all the locomotives on these trunk lines at once. The steam locomotives on these trunk lines can only run 60 kilometers at most, and most of them are old steam locomotives with a range of more than 30 kilometers or 40 kilometers. Especially heavy-load trains are simply unable to pull, which greatly wastes the precious transportation capacity of the railway."

"The progress is good. We now have all kinds of equipment, and the materials are better than what they required in the drawings. It is not difficult for us to manufacture according to the drawings. This will save us a lot of time when we finalize the model and enter commercial operation, but..." Ren Zhong raised his voice.

"Our railways not only need this Orient Express, we need a new Orient Express that is faster and more powerful. After digesting and absorbing the technology, I hope you will continue to optimize and innovate on this basis and develop better diesel locomotives. You should plan ahead for the technical route you want to develop next. We can't wait and rely on others. If nothing unexpected happens, we will not introduce diesel locomotive technology anymore. We will have to rely on our own efforts in the future, and continue to evolve, optimize and iterate based on our thorough understanding of this locomotive!"

Ren Zhong's choice of the E5 locomotive was certainly not without purpose. In fact, there is an even better locomotive following this locomotive - the GP30.

GP30型内燃机车一款2250马力级的4轴电传动调车内燃机车，60年代初，在北美铁路上就配属了多达948台，远远超过了GM的U25B型机车。

为此易安迪公司重新设计了16缸567D3型柴油机，使其马力从567D2型柴油机输出功率2000马力增加到了2250马力。

The quality of this EMD locomotive is excellent. The longest service life in the main world has exceeded 50 years and it can still operate safely!

For Ren Zhong, such products are worth investing heavily in.

So after purchasing the E5 motorcycle, Ren Zhong obtained information about the improvements to the GP30 and related key technological breakthroughs from the main world, and incorporated these key improvements into the subsequent technical evolution of this motorcycle.

Visiting the production of the first Orient Express locomotive, Ren Zhong only further warned the leaders of these factories not to forget the subsequent technological evolution and to keep the imported locomotive unchanged for decades, just like the old Jiefang and Santana.

Lying flat does not exist for Ren Zhong.

"What is the status of the other two train business alliances that have introduced steam locomotives?" After Ren Zhong asked about the progress on his side, he turned to ask a person in charge of the Railway Commission.

"According to the report they submitted, they will also conduct tests at the end of the year and start trial operation of branch lines early next year. Now that we have approved three branch lines for them, we allow them to independently replace the locomotives in service," replied the head of the Railway Commission.

"It seems that they are quite fast," Ren Dian nodded. These private investors are indeed worthy of being vigorous and resolute in their work. Since the opening of part of the branch line market, they have really raised funds to start their own railway operation business. As for the locomotives, of course they are the two foreign gadgets that they are optimistic about.

In order to do this job well, they also opened a locomotive factory in the country and introduced domestic production of the entire locomotive head, leaving only a few core components abroad.

Now the price of domestic steel is much lower than that of foreign countries. These private capitals have made a good calculation and have taken advantage of the advantages of domestic materials and labor.

According to domestic prices, imported production is at least one-quarter cheaper than producing abroad.

In this way, their locomotive head is far less than the price of 60 US dollars. If you don't count the profit, you can get it for 200 million yuan. Foreign locomotive factories participate in the operation by investing in locomotives, which greatly reduces the capital expenditure of these local railways.

After Ren Zhong looked at their operating model, he couldn't help but admire that these capitalists were really good at calculating. With the locomotive factory's investment, the company's loan and financial costs would be greatly reduced, and the costs would be reduced by a large amount invisibly.

After reading some reports prepared by the Railway Commission, Ren Zhong felt that if the transportation volume increased, these local railway companies might still be able to make profits.

If Ren Zhong didn't throw the diesel locomotive into the mix.

However, in the short term, there is a shortage of more advanced locomotives, and Renzhong will not temporarily deploy its main diesel locomotives to compete on branch lines.

Magic City.

The Zhang family decorated the house with lights and laid out the red carpet, obviously preparing to welcome an important person.

Zhang Maolin, the head of the Zhang family, had been waiting at the door since after nine in the morning, without any sign of impatience.

"What important person are they preparing to welcome? Even Old Master Zhang is coming out?" Someone nearby who was familiar with the Zhang family asked in surprise.

"I don't know. Judging from the situation, he is probably someone quite important. There are probably less than two dozen people in the Magic City who are worthy of Old Master Zhang's presence."

Seeing the crowd gathering, Zhang Maolin bowed to the people around him and said, "Neighbors, please don't gather around. I have a distinguished guest to entertain later. It would be disrespectful to the distinguished guest if you gather around like this."

The Zhang family had a good reputation in the surrounding area, and when they heard the old man of the Zhang family say this, they smiled and dispersed.

Not long after, a group of cars drove over from a distance. The first one was led by Hu Zi. After he stopped the car, the four people in the car quickly stood in four directions. Then Ren Zhong in the second car appeared in everyone's sight.

Old Master Zhang hurried forward a few steps.

"Mr. Ren, welcome to my humble home. Your visit brings honor to my humble home." The old man of the Zhang family said excitedly with a flushed face.

"Mr. Zhang, you are too polite. How dare I trouble you to come here? I am so embarrassed." Ren Zhong said politely while holding the hands of the old man of the Zhang family.

"Of course, of course, Mr. Ren, please come in and have a chat."

Second update, continue to ask for guaranteed monthly tickets
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