Racing against heavy rain at night
In the early morning of July 21, accompanied by thunder, a storm came at the Sino Vietnam estuary port.
At 1:30, Peng Yun, the shift handover officer of Shanyao border station at the Sino Vietnam Hekou port, opened the door of the duty room of the handover post, put on a raincoat and rushed into the rainstorm. The light of the flashlight was shining forward through the rain curtain. Three years of working experience made Peng Yun familiar with the local weather changes. He knew that according to this situation, the track scale was likely to be flooded in less than half an hour.
Shanyao border station is the port of cross-border transportation of China Vietnam Railway. The loading weight of each truck must be measured when entering and leaving the country. The rail scale directly determines the port transportation efficiency. If the sensor inside the equipment is submerged by water, it will directly affect the cargo declaration and the operation of international intermodal trains.
Thinking of this, Peng Yun speeds up and runs to the track scale No.1. Although he was wearing a raincoat, Peng Yun was still wet through. In the rain and fog, his eyes followed the light of the flashlight, carefully checking the automatic drainage system of No. 1 track scale. After repeated confirmation, Peng Yun confirmed that the track scale No. 1 is stable at present and there is no possibility of flooding.
The distance between No.1 and No.2 weighbridge is less than 100 meters, but the storm is too fierce, the power supply circuit is blocked, and the weighing room is cut off. There is no automatic drainage system for No.2 rail weighbridge, so electric pump is needed to pump water every time there is too much rainfall. When the power was suddenly cut off, Peng Yun could only compete with the rainstorm to pump water manually. Rain fishy, sweat salty, mixed with the smell of vegetation, Peng Yun alone insisted for more than two hours.
At 4:00 p.m., the power supply was restored, and there was no sign of stopping the torrential rain. Even though the track scale has been working normally, Peng Yun still dares not take it lightly. He uses electric and hand cranking, and uses one person and one machine to drain water as much as possible. At dawn, the rainstorm finally stopped, and Peng Yun, who won the storm, gave a long sigh of relief.