Tea furnace worker on the green leather small slow car

In high temperature weather, what we often see is the hard work of those outdoor workers who receive "baking" in the post on their positions; there are some types of workers that we are not familiar with. It is also necessary to stick to the high temperature environment for a long time, such as the tea furnace worker on the green leather train, and they are also very hard.

Photo by Liang Yan, chief reporter of the water beside the tea stove by Guo Weihong

With the rapid development of my country's railways, comfortable and fast high -speed rail has become the first choice for travel for travelers. Behind the high -speed rail, the former passenger "main force" - "green leather car" has gradually faded out of vision. However, this "small slow car" that is only fifty or sixty kilometers per hour is only fifty or sixty kilometers per hour. And the dream of getting rich.

The reporter learned that 7005/6 trains between Xi'an and Yulin have been running for 27 years. More than 30 townships in Xi'an, Weinan, Yan'an, and Yulin areas stopped at 38 stations along the way and run for 623 kilometers in one way. Due to the large stops and cheap fares, the number of passengers who work, visiting relatives, and schooling in the outside world have become the best or even unique options for travel. The people along the line are affectionately called "Slowly Shaanxi".

Guo Weihong, 54, is the tea furnace worker on this slow train. At 7:43 in the morning on August 9, 7006 trains started on time from Xi'an Railway Station. The reporter also boarded the train together to feel the heat in Guo Weihong's daily work.

Brown leather hard seats, upper and lower push -pull windows, and several shaking fans installed on the car body ... These seem to be telling the long history of the only coal -roasted green leather car in Xi'an.

There is no electric tea stove in the small slow car. Passengers drink water during the journey. They need to rely on the coal -fired tea stoves on the train to boil water. The continuous and high temperature of Sanfu Tian made the roasted tea furnace a full work.

When the reporter came to the tea furnace, Guo Weihong, who squatted next to the coal -fired tea stove, had been busy for a long time. In addition to checking the two tea stoves from time to time, he also wiped the four water chartered cars (full of boiling water) with a rag. In the following time, in order to keep the boiling water, Guo Weihong kept waiting for the "Flame Mountain" tea furnace.

Since entering the summer, the temperature has often risen to 40 ° C. The "small slow car" under the scorching sun has also been exposed to a huge oven. The thermometer in the car once reached 45 ° C. More than 50 ° C. Just a few minutes when I entered the tea stove, the reporter sweated. At this time, Guo Weihong, the blue uniform was sweaty, stuck tightly on his body. In addition to being optimistic about the burning coal and fire in the furnace, he also kept shuttingling between the sections and a carriage.

Burning tea furnace is not only hard work, but also a technical work. It is necessary to add coal, ash, and scum in time. In addition to the implementation of industry operating standards, it is also necessary to rely on experience and skills. "The time to master the coal is not good, the fire in the tea stove may be extinguished, which will affect the passengers to drink water or instant noodles." When it comes to these, Guo Weihong looks calm and sophisticated.

Different seasons, different temperatures, and more or less passengers in the carriage will decide how much coal and boiling water can be boiled in the tea stove to ensure that the passenger compartments are boiling water at any time ... After a long period of exploration, Guo Weihong can already be based on The sound of "grunting and gurgling" in the tea stove to distinguish the temperature of the boiling temperature of the water; with the eyes, you can directly distinguish the quality of the coal block, and then distinguish the degree of combustion according to the quality of the coal and the degree of combustion and the coal increase. frequency.

"Only when the fire is boiled, the faster the water is boiling, so that the passengers can drink boiling water earlier." Guo Weihong was busy adding coal to the boiler while introducing it to reporters.

Photo by Guo Weihong to pour the passenger's water chief reporter Liang Yan

"Although it is very adaptable to my" hot "job, there will still be a few instantaneous items that are really hot. One is that the furnace opens it all the time, accompanied by the hot flames of the flame. Furthermore is to charter the water charter. During the irrigation, the water vapor is also steaming. "The reporter observed all the way. During the train, Guo Weihong was either stood by the tea stove to boil water or shuttled in the carriage to send water for the passengers.

Add coal to hydration, boil fire, boil water and water, and every operation process, he is sweating like rain. Tied on his wrist to wipe the sweat, twist a handful of water.

When there are few passengers in the past, Guo Weihong will fix a water car between the two compartments for passengers to pick up water. Recently, in the summer, the number of passengers has increased. When he finish the water, he will push the car next to the carriage to send the water to the key passengers.

"The water is here, be careful, pay attention to safety!" It was the most sentence that Guo Weihong said every day. At noon, when the largest water consumption was used in the day, the water car that was just filled with boiling water was emptied by passengers for ten minutes.

"Burning tea stoves in the green car, it is more sour than the outdoor steamer." Guo Weihong said, because of sweat, his hair, neck, and back were basically full of tweezers, and sometimes itching was uncomfortable.

The small slow car arrived in Yulin at 6 pm on August 9th at 6 pm on August 9. That night, Guo Weihong would take a hot bath after busy. One night after Yulin rest, the next day, he stepped on the train from Yulin to Xi'an to continue serving passengers.

Liang Yan, chief reporter of the entire media of Xi'an Newspaper

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