vrcanaries Chapter 400, on the road
Chapter 400, on the road
It took more than half an hour to seal thirty carriages. By this time, the caboose carriage had also been hung at the rear of the train.
Seeing this, Li Weiguo did not hesitate and immediately divided the security team into two teams. One team was led by Liu Heng and led five security guards to escort the two engineers to the front passenger car.
He himself took Zheng Shan, Hou Hou, Da Zhuang and others into the caboose compartment behind him with Captain Luo.
With the protection of passenger cars and cabooses in tandem, under normal circumstances, it is enough to ensure the safety of the train's cargo.
After all the inspections and preparations were completed, it was almost time. After bidding farewell to Li Huaide, everyone got into the carriage with their luggage. Li Weiguo and others also followed Captain Luo and got into the caboose.
Speaking of caboose, people born in the 1990s may not have seen it very often, because with the development and changes of railway trains, after the 1990s, domestic trains gradually eliminated cabooses.
But before the 1990s, the caboose was an essential component of the train.
It is a vehicle hung at the end of a freight train that can accommodate operating captains and LTL train freighters. It has emergency brake valves, air pressure gauges, desks and chairs (some are equipped with beds), stoves, etc.
When an unexpected situation occurs and the locomotive cannot brake, the conductor can pull down the emergency brake valve of the caboose to help the train stop.
Therefore, the caboose is a special vehicle used to handle less-than-truckload train services and ensure the safe transportation of cargo trains.
At first, cabooses were introduced from the west, and their early function was only for people escorting livestock.
However, escort personnel often fail to abide by railway regulations and leave without authorization after stopping. When the train starts again, the escort fails to return to their positions in time, leaving livestock unattended and causing death.
For this reason, a railway staff member will be specially designated to take a caboose to watch over these unruly escorts to ensure that the escorts along the route will not miss the ride.
Later, with the development of the railway, the railway staff responsible for supervising the escort personnel added the business of supervising the safety of freight trains and handling less-than-truckload and sporadic passenger rides. This was the formation of the early operating train captain.
After getting on the caboose, you can find that the space inside the caboose is not small. There are two welded iron seats on the left and right sides of the door for the commander and escort to rest.
Further inside, there is a stove for heating in the middle, and there are two iron benches under the observation windows on the left and right sides, and at the end are two simple bunks for people to rest.
After getting in the car and putting away their luggage, Li Weiguo, Zheng Shan and others found a place to sit down. All the Type 56 semi-automatics in their hands were loaded, the safety was turned off, and the muzzles of the guns were tilted up against their chests.
After waiting for Moyo for a few minutes, Captain Luo completed the formalities with the comrades in the transfer room, and the train was ready to depart.
Arrive at nine-thirty and leave on time.
With a long roar from the steam locomotive in front, the train slowly pulled out of the station.
After traveling a few kilometers, the train merged from the branch line of the steel rolling mill railway into the regional trunk line, and its speed gradually accelerated.
Of course, this speed is relative. The trains of today are not the same concept as the trains of later generations.
Nowadays, passenger trains are considered express trains if they can run up to 100 kilometers per hour. Coal-burning, steam-powered load-carrying trains like theirs are already very popular if they can run forty or fifty.
The whole journey from the Imperial Capital to Haiyan County is 1,780 kilometers, takes more than 40 hours, and nearly two days and two nights. This is the speed of a special train that does not have to stop at the station to pick up and drop off passengers.
If it is a passenger train, it has dozens of stops throughout the journey, plus stops to meet and give way to other cars. It takes five or six days to run for five or six days, and is delayed for more than ten hours. It is very common. I have never seen it. Can anyone get it right?
However, trains are very slow these days. One advantage is that they are relatively free. You can smoke freely on the train and open the windows.
Even escorts like them could open the door and go to the passage platform outside the carriage to get some air when they were tired, which was much easier and faster than the closed carriages of later generations.
The train traveled for more than twenty minutes and soon arrived at the nearest Imperial Railway Station.
After arriving at the station, the train did not stop. Captain Luo and the station attendant signed signals to each other and returned to the caboose, while the train continued to move forward in the northwest direction at a maintained speed.
At this time, Li Weiguo raised his hand to look at his watch and recorded the time he passed the station on the escort log. Then he put away the escort log, took out the front door from his pocket and gave it to Captain Luo and Zheng Shan. One.
After a cigarette, the guys sat and chatted, and soon Li Weiguo became familiar with Commander Luo.
Only then did he learn from Captain Luo that his name was Luo Zhigang. He was 32 years old and had been working in the railway department since the founding of the People's Republic of China. He was a senior railway employee.
Li Weiguo listened happily to his words. If he hadn't touched the calluses on his hands and sensed the iron-blooded aura on his body, Li Weiguo would have believed his lies.
Which senior railway employee can touch a gun every day? Their security guards have no chance to touch a gun casually when they are not on duty.
Of course, this is their responsibility. Since they said so, Li Weiguo could only believe it.
I was bored, and the guys just smoked and chatted, chatting about all kinds of things. They laughed when they talked about something happy, and the atmosphere was quite good.
During the chat, Li Weiguo got thirsty and boiled a pot of water on the stove in the car, then took out a bag of tea from his bag and gave it to everyone.
In this way, while drinking tea and chatting, the train traveled for more than three hours, passing through several small stations. It was not until the train was about to arrive at Baoding Station that the train's speed gradually slowed down.
He raised his hand and looked at the time. It was past twelve o'clock. Li Weiguo knew that this was a temporary stop for dinner.
Sure enough, Commander Luo took out a beef kidney lunch box from his satchel and said to Li Weiguo: "Chief Li, it's time to eat, have you all brought your lunch boxes?"
Li Weiguo smiled and said: "I'm taking it with me. How can I forget it when I'm out and eating."
Captain Luo laughed and said, "Hahaha too."
While joking, Li Weiguo and Zheng Shan each dug out their own lunch boxes from their luggage.
These days, the railways along the way are responsible for providing armed escorts, food and drinks, and they are all free of charge.
Not to mention saving on food and drink, after the mission is over, there are mission allowances and travel subsidies, which is not too satisfying. This is why many security guards are keen on escort missions.
The travel expenses previously provided by the factory were not used by them on the train. They were allowed to pay for food and accommodation on their own after arriving at the terminal, provided that the connecting unit was not responsible for the reception.
Of course, there are very few cases where you are not responsible for hospitality. No matter how poor and stingy the company is, it still needs that face, and the travel expenses provided by the factory are just an insurance policy.
After the train arrived at Baoding Station, it stopped slowly. Before getting off, Captain Luo reminded: "Chief Li, the temporary stop will last for twenty minutes. Those who need to use the toilet must go to the station as soon as possible. In addition, you can arrange personal arrangements." Bring all the lunch boxes and follow me to the station canteen to get some food."
Li Weiguo nodded and turned to look at Zheng Shan and others: "If you want to go to the toilet, hurry up. If you don't want to go, take your lunch box and go get food with Captain Luo. I'll stay and watch. .”
Seeing this, Zheng Shan suggested: "Section Chief, how about I stay on guard first?"
It's not that he doesn't want to go to the toilet, but there are so many younger brothers here. How can the younger brothers go to solve the problem by themselves first and let the leader hold it back.
"Yes, Section Chief, why don't we just stay on guard for now, and you can come back and take our place later."
Monkey, Dazhuang and others on the side also spoke one after another.
Li Weiguo also understood their good intentions, but he rejected them with a wave of his hand. He just went to the toilet and there was nothing to argue about.
"Okay, there's no need to argue. I don't have any urgent needs. You go ahead and come back quickly."
Seeing this, Zheng Shan and others stopped talking, took Li Weiguo's lunch box and left with Captain Luo.
After they walked away, Li Weiguo stood on the platform, lit a cigarette and looked around Baoding Station, as if he remembered something.
Speaking of Baoding Station, it seems that this is where his future father-in-law, He Daqing, left behind Silly Pillar and Rainwater and followed the White Widow.
I just don’t know how he is doing when he comes to help others.
Thinking about it, nearly ten years have passed, and the White Widow's children have grown up, right? Will the whole family be able to look up to his old stick in the future?
Comparing the plot of He Daqing running home in his later years to ask Sha Zhu to support him in his old age, he didn't have to guess and knew that He Daqing would be too old to do anything and his children would be kicked out.
Tsk. This is really in line with the old saying: You can’t live in a house by licking a dog.
As his thoughts turned around, Zheng Shan and the others soon came back with their lunch boxes.
The railway work meal provided in the station canteen is very simple. It is just four ounces of sorghum rice with some pickles such as dried radish, cucumber and mustard knots. There is no other vegetables, oil or water. Even the wealthy iron boss has limited conditions now. That is to say, make do with what you have.
Li Weiguo and others didn't mind either. The standard of the food was similar to that in the factory. They were satisfied with what they could eat, not to mention it was free of charge.
After preparing meals and solving internal emergencies, the time was almost up. Everyone returned to the carriages. Not long after, the train began to move slowly again with a long whistle from the locomotive.
Back in the carriage, we had a hasty lunch, and then the long and boring journey began again.
The entire escort process lasted more than forty hours, and it has just begun. It is not easy for everyone to sit and do this together. It is both mentally and physically demanding.
So Li Weiguo arranged a shift for everyone, and they went to the bed to rest in groups of two, each sleeping for three hours, and then got up to change shifts.
However, Zheng Shan and the others in the first class all pushed him to rest first, so Li Weiguo simply refused to be pretentious with them and called the monkey together. After handing the guns to Zheng Shan and the others for safekeeping, he took off his armed belt and police hat and went to bed. Went to bed.
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