In the snow-capped forest and sea snowfields of eastern Heilongjiang, such a "slow train" with only four carriages runs every day. Whenever snow is difficult to navigate, this green-skinned train is the only way for locals to get around. During the Spring Festival, the number of passengers increased, and the staff on the train also stuck to their posts to ensure that the train, which has been running for 68 years, has been in operation.
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Miao Zhongsheng has been driving trains for 33 years, and the Spring Festival is his busiest time. Along the way, there are 4 stations and 6 boarding stations, and at each landing point, he honks his horn 3 times in advance to remind passengers that the train is coming, which is the "tacit understanding" he has reached with the residents for many years.
Miao Zhongsheng, a locomotive attendant in the Mudanjiang locomotive section: Before we reach the landing point, we will honk the horn and let them prepare to get on the car in advance, and when we approach the crowd, when we get on the crowd, we will no longer honk or honk the electric horn.
The train runs a total of 74 kilometers, one-way running time of 2 hours and 13 minutes, the full fare is only 4 yuan, the lowest fare is 1 yuan, is the only train from Mudanjiang to Changting Town. When the mountains are closed by heavy snow and the roads are closed in winter, this train has become the only way for residents to travel, and it is a veritable "convenient bus".
Passenger Ding Guijie: From revival to Hailin, it is all good, the conductor is good for us, just a dollar ticket, the service can be energetic, but it is good.
The train moves forward, less than ten minutes to a stop, the conductor needs to sweep the snow in front of the car over and over again, afraid that passengers will slip and fall. At the same time, it is also necessary to flush the urinal of the toilet with hot water from time to time to prevent ice.
Miao Zhongsheng, a locomotive attendant in the Mudanjiang locomotive section: Although it is a slow train, our love is not slow. Sometimes it is snowy, it rains, or passengers come, and there are sick people who are listed in the market for medical treatment, so we wait for him for a while, so that the passengers can get on the bus safely, and then we will drive.
The train, which runs from Mudanjiang City to Anding Town, Hailin, has been in operation for 68 years and still relies on coal for heating. Although it does not have the speed and environment of emboli, fast trains, it can also bring comfort and warmth to passengers.
Jing Haishan, conductor of Mudanjiang Passenger Transport Section: Our working environment is incomparable with high-speed rail, but our mission is the same, during the Spring Festival, we send passengers who take our slow train home safely with full enthusiasm.
(Edited by Li Jiayi)