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Jet-black wooden doors
Broken black-tiled brick walls
Grassy herbs
Except for the whistle that sounded from time to time
Today's Dalong Station Old Street
It's not as prosperous as it used to be
If only time could go back
Let's go back 41 years
That year
There's a lot going on here
Historical picture, the official opening of the Hunan and Guizhou Railway
In 1973, the Hunan-Guizhou Railway was officially put into operation, making Dalong Town, known as the "gateway to eastern Guizhou and the throat of Jingchu", become a transportation hub in the border area of Hunan, Guizhou and Sichuan (now Hunan, Guizhou and Chongqing). Trains from the south to the north headed for Dalong Station, announcing the arrival of a new era in the town.
In this year, Dalong Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which is adjacent to Dalong Station, was officially opened for business. Every day, there is a long queue of people waiting to buy daily necessities outside the supply and marketing cooperatives, and even many outsiders take the train to buy Guizhou cigarettes, which impresses 19-year-old salesman He Dingnan.
The status quo of Dalong Supply and Marketing Cooperative
This year, Chen Maoru, a 26-year-old young man who has been on the road for 4 years, actively responded to the call of the Party Committee of Guiyang Station and went to the arduous Hunan-Guizhou Railway. He writes his application proudly, and his young chest swells with passion and blood.
"From the moment I wrote my application, my life coordinates have been constantly approaching Dalong Station." Since retiring from the Kaili Depot, 78-year-old Chen Maoru returned to Dalong Town after a 32-year absence, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.
He Dingnan told the story of the supply and marketing cooperative
Stepping into the gate of Dalong Supply and Marketing Cooperative, the once lively and noisy scene was replaced by a scene of crowds. In front of some empty goods display cases, He Dingnan, who was in his late teens, was pleasantly surprised to recognize Chen Maoru, who was full of silver frost.
The reunion of the deceased is always full of memories. "Employees and their families at Dalong Station often come here to buy things." He Dingnan said, "Toothpaste, quilts, shovels, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were all best-selling products of the year. ”
Chen Maoru returned to Dalong Station with a lot of emotion
Holding a bamboo basket and stepping on the shadow stretched by the setting sun...... When his wife returned from purchasing, Chen Maoru still remembers it vividly. "After entering the road, I traveled to Guiyang, Yuping and other places, and after arriving at Dalong Station in 1989, I went all the way from the deputy stationmaster to the central stationmaster. Wherever I was transferred, she worked as a stevedore. He said situations like his own and his wife's were common at Dalong Station at the time.
There are no coal mines in Tongren, and the coal needed for power supply and heating is transported from Shanxi, Shaanxi, Liupanshui and other places through the Hunan-Guizhou Railway. "Without railways, you can't get coal, and power plants have to shut down." Luo Lin, director of the fuel department of Guizhou Huadian Dalong Power Generation Co., Ltd., uses "fish and water" as an analogy between power plants and railways.
Dalong Power Plant
A cry of "unloading coal" was once a call to gather the families of the railway. Everyone put down their chores, put on aprons, gloves, changed into the oldest clothes in the house, and rushed to the platform "fully armed". Sixty tons of coal were unloaded by seven or eight people sweating like rain. After the removal, everyone's whole body became black except for the white teeth.
"In 2005, the power plant had a dedicated railway line, and everything changed." Rollin introduces to guests who are returning to the old place. Where he pointed, a train of trucks loaded with thermal coal slowly drove along the special line into the dump plant. I saw that the dumper "clenched" the wagon and turned 180 degrees, and the coal of the whole vehicle was dumped into the coal hopper.
Dalong Power Plant Railway Line
"As a power supply support point at the end of the Qiandong power grid, our factory has effectively guaranteed the industrial and agricultural electricity consumption in eastern Guizhou and neighboring provinces and cities such as Hunan and Chongqing." Luo Lin said proudly that after the special railway line was put into use, the operation efficiency of the power plant was significantly improved.
Luo Lin's pride, Chen Maoru has deep empathy. As the "gateway to eastern Qiandong", Dalong Station also shoulders the important task of "Guizhou goods out of the mountain". "At that time, at the shift meeting of the Road Bureau, we at Dalong Station had to separately report the number of unloaded vehicles and the number of empty vehicles to the demarcation crossing, which showed the importance." He said.
In the courtyard of the railway family area, old friends are reunited
In the time when the flute was like a song, the courtyard in the railway family area was a warm memory that Chen Maoru put in his heart. When the afterglow of the sunset did not pass the platform, the courtyard ushered in its liveliness during the day. Under the camphor tree, the railway workers who have been busy all day gather together, or gossip, or play chess and cards, and children run around the tree to play. The long and short shadows carve tender traces for the years.
The camphor-scented courtyard house also gave warmth and comfort to Gao Jinlong, a "post-90s" worker who was far away from his hometown in Northeast China. "In 2016, on the day I took the train to Dalong Station to report for duty, I saw the train leaving Yuping Station and getting into the mountains to become more and more remote, and I leaned on the window of the train to cry in despair." Gao Jinlong laughed when he mentioned the past, "And after arriving in Dalong Town, when I saw the depressed environment in front of me, I realized that I had cried early." ”
Gao Jinlong at work
The huge psychological gap made Gao Jinlong doubt his choice for a while, and even had the idea of "escaping". "But fortunately, the master took me back to the courtyard house in the family area to eat and live together, enlighten my heart, and teach me business."
Not only are seniors in the workplace concerned, but there is also a connection to solve the problem of singleness. Less than a year after coming to Dalong Station, Gao Jinlong married the girl who fell in love at first sight at the friendship event. "Hehe, I didn't expect the Kaili Train Depot to 'send' the object to the young workers. Come to Dalong Station, it's worth it! He laughed.
When the heart is settled, the goal of struggle becomes clearer. After 7 years of job rotation training, last year, Gao Jinlong took the post of station attendant.
"There has been a saying in the Kaili train depot that 'shunting looks at the big dragon', which is both an affirmation and a spur. As a new generation of Dalong Station, I will continue to protect this honor. In front of the wall of honor in the conference room of Dalong Station, Gao Jinlong's gaze was firm and powerful.
Dalong Station pressed the "acceleration button" to increase the amount of transportation
After listening to the young generation of "Dalong people" with a smile, facing the breeze of early summer, Chen Maoru walked out of the conference room, which was just right in early summer. In 1997, Dalong Station ceased passenger transport business to focus on cargo transportation. Nowadays, with the implementation of freight logistics reform measures, Dalong Station has pressed the "acceleration button" to increase the amount of transportation.
With the sound of the flute in his ears, Chen Maoru raised the lens of his mobile phone, wanting to leave the summer scenery of Dalong Station. In the screen, dense leaves swaying in the wind, dotted with the vitality of the small station.
Dalong Station is coming from the bright sunshine of early summer, all the way forward.