Investigation of haizhuang Railway

The picture shows the bridge inspector recording the equipment defects. Photo by Luo Shuying

At 6:30 on May 5, Zhang Jichun, the foreman of the inspection work area of Liaoyang bridge and tunnel workshop of Anshan Public Works section, Zhang Hongbo, the protector, and Zhang Jian, the bridge inspector, were in the square in front of Haicheng station to prepare for departure. In May, with the changeable temperature and frequent rainfall, the transportation safety of haizhuang line across mountains and mountains was threatened. The special inspection team composed of Zhang Jian and other three members shall check the line support equipment diseases at 185 meters from 0 km to 156 km of haizhuang line before the flood season, establish a standing book, and ensure the driving safety in the flood season. They got on the local minibus, got off the bus, and then transferred to agricultural tricycle. All the way, they bumped towards the head river mouth, which is 74 kilometers and 500 meters away from haizhuang line. More than an hour later, the tricycle arrived at the crossing. Today, they are going to check and register various diseases along the haizhuang line, such as falling rocks, sliding slopes, falling trees, bridges, culverts and tunnels, and record the problems found in the problem database at the same time. The section will send workshop inspectors to deal with them one by one. Haizhuang line is located in the mountainous area. A group of people walk on the shoulder which is 20 or 30 meters higher than the ground. At the lower left is scattered farmhouses and ridges. On the right is the mountain close to the line, full of YINGSHANHONG. Since there is no protective net on both sides of the haizhuang line, Zhang Hongbo, a protector, guards the team all the way. Since April 7, the team members have to walk six or seven kilometers on the line every day, go to the bridge and drill through the tunnel, check the equipment one by one, and check eight bridges and 27 culverts at most one day. Arriving at the Toudaohe bridge, 74km 729m away from haizhuang line, passing through the steep slope more than 20 meters above the ground, Zhang Jian and Zhang Jichun squatted down to the ground half by half, and carefully inspected the pier, abutment, column and other facilities. "Most of the haizhuang line is high subgrade bridges and culverts. When walking up and down the road shoulder, the stone ballast is easy to slip under the foot. The weeds and shrubs on the slope will not only trip but also pierce the palm of the hand," Zhang said Arriving at 822 meters, 74 kilometers away from haizhuang line, the team members went down the side slope and dug open the trees. In front of them was a slab culvert, about 1.5 meters high, and there was a guru mountain spring at the bottom of the cave. Moving to the foot of the mountain, Zhang Jian and Zhang Jichun probe into the cave. When the light hit the top of the cave, a crack was faintly visible. Along the Hanbi Road, Zhang Jichun carefully recorded the diseases found in the mobile terminal problem database. When they came out from the other end of the culvert, their hats and clothes were covered with dust. It was already 12 o'clock when we found the 81 km 200 m crossing of haizhuang line. In the warm sunshine, the three found a flat grassland to sit down, took out bread, mustard mustard, mineral water, ate while chatting, happy laughter echoed in the mountains.