Information and touching stories about the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Information and touching stories about the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Sunday, February 15, 2009 02:01 P.M. People once said that building a railway to Tibet was impossible, with 5,000 There are meters of mountains to climb, 12 kilometers of valleys to build bridges, and hundreds of kilometers of frozen soil that cannot support rail tracks and trains. Besides, who could lay railroad tracks without having to find an oxygen bottle at the slightest movement? This railway is the best example of China’s “can-do” spirit. There was a company commander named Deng Guangji of the 10th Railway Corps. In order to build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, he went to the plateau despite being sick. Later, he contracted leukemia on the plateau. When rescuing him in the hospital in his hometown, he left a will to his relatives and comrades: "If I die, bury my ashes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. I did not build the railway during my lifetime. After my death, I will see the railway built all over the world." On the roof." Sun Youli, the former party secretary of the head office, was a commander during the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. His son Sun Sheng went to the plateau with him when he was very young. When his son was 8 years old, he did not know that ducks were To have legs or not to have legs. There are also many people whose children were born on the plateau and have only eaten apples and never seen trees. When they went down the mountain, they saw poplar trees in Xining and made a fuss about going up to the trees to pick apples. They only know that apples grow on trees, but they don't know that there are many trees in the world. Wang Handong was the construction director of the 17th Bureau of China Railway. When he was building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, he was as brave as a tiger running down the mountain. However, just when he didn't know what pain and tiredness were, he fell ill unknowingly and later died in Taiyuan. in a ward. The doctor said: "He suffered from altitude sickness." Before his death, he said to the bureau leader: "I will not regret being a railway soldier. After I die, I will let my daughter become a railway soldier without a military uniform and build roads." He What I passed on to my daughter was not only the entrepreneurial consciousness, but also the open-mindedness and nobility of the country. A life reflected by a mountain consciousness should also have such a spirit, which penetrated into myself and my daughter. In 1974, when he was a railway soldier Wang Lianqing, deputy commander of the 47th Regiment, was one of the first batch of soldiers to enter the Guanjiao Tunnel. In the 1950s, the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was halted for the first time. After 14 years, the Guan Kok Tunnel was flooded due to wind erosion, and the tunnel was filled with water. The soldiers opened the seal and began their first exploration on forest rafts. On the first initial visit, the wood fell over. This seems to mean that the troops will have a fierce battle in the Guanjiao Tunnel. At 10:40 on April 5, 1975, the 30-meter-long side wall at the exit of the Guanjiao Tunnel collapsed, causing the arch to collapse. 1,600 cubic meters of rock fell, trapping 127 commanders and fighters who were under construction in the tunnel. In order to rescue and break through, the comrades in the cave were all cadres and party members in key positions, leaving the masses and recruits to stay aside. The recruits asked: "Why?" The party members replied: "There is death here." The recruits cried, and they cried and begged the cadres and party members: "Please let us go, everyone is under the threat of death, and the tiger's mouth is in the teeth of the wolf." , you left us a little hope of survival, we feel uncomfortable..." Then there was a burst of crying... Deputy battalion commander Wu De'an asked everyone not to panic, talk less, and organize everyone to save themselves in the desperate situation of extremely thin oxygen. Finally, the comrades inside the cave crawled out of the black hole of death with the rescue of the comrades outside the cave. As soon as they saw the sun, they all fainted to the ground, and a large area lay down at the entrance of the tunnel... This magical "heavenly road" carries many touching stories. South China Morning Post 2006-12-25 ■ Guo Yanqun's Nanning News (Reporter Guo Yanqun) December On the 23rd, the sixth report meeting of the "Guangxi CPPCC's 'Together' Lecture" was held in the auditorium of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region. At the invitation of the CPPCC of the Autonomous Region, Sun Yongfu, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Railways and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, gave a special speech entitled "The Mysterious Qinghai-Tibet Railway". Sun Yongfu once served as deputy leader of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Construction Leading Group and presided over the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. As a leader and participant in the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Sun Yongfu not only told the audience the entire process of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project construction and opening and operation, but also mentioned some little-known stories. Hundreds of people wrote in blood to ask for war to build the "Heavenly Road". Sun Yongfu said with joy that the majority of builders worked hard in the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to create a "spiritual plateau." When the plan to build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was proposed, someone once advised Sun Yongfu not to do it because the construction environment in Qinghai-Tibet was so difficult. Others worry that building a "road to heaven" on the "roof of the world" will deter people. However, what moved him was that when the bidding process for the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was held, many construction units showed enthusiasm.
China Railway 17th Bureau once played an important role in the railway construction project of the Xining-Golmud section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the 1950s. This time, China Railway No. 17 Bureau came to bid and failed. The employees were disappointed when they failed to win the bid: "We have worked hard for the old Qinghai-Tibet Railway, and now a new section of the railway is to be built, how can we not be there?" The director who participated in the bid was burdened with public expectations and could not face the employees when he returned to the bureau. . Later, the director found Sun Yongfu and repeatedly asked for help in building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. He also brought over 100 bloody petitions written on the fingers of more than 100 people, expressing their determination to go to the plateau and contribute to the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Fenghuoshan Observatory, more than 4,700 meters above sea level. For more than 40 years, three generations of technicians have guarded this observation station and collected more than 12 million pieces of data, providing very precious data for the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway to solve the problem of permafrost. The first generation member of the Watch Observation Station was the party secretary of the station. He fell ill after working for more than 10 years. Before he died, he left a message: "When I die, please bury my ashes in Fengshan Mountain. I want to watch the trains of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway pass by." Later, his son participated in this work. The third generation of people currently guarding Fenghuoshan Inspection Station has been working for more than 30 years. The commander made an invention to deal with hypoxia. On the plateau, the daily life and construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project construction personnel are restricted by natural conditions. Even if they are not careful, they may die. However, the project builders relied on their own suggestions and solved one difficulty after another. At that time, construction workers had to walk a long way to relieve themselves at night. Tens of thousands of people work on the plateau with limited conditions. Most construction sites are basically in barren mountains and wild areas. Engineers live in tents. If you are not careful, you may catch a cold when you get up at night to relieve yourself. The cold may turn into cerebral edema, Pulmonary edema. what to do? The commander-in-chief of the 12th Bureau of China Railway came up with a solution - to build portable toilets. At night, the movable toilet is pushed to the camp and connected to the camp door, so that everyone can go to the toilet to relieve themselves without going through the open air. The toilet is moved during the day, so as to prevent everyone from catching colds and colds. At an altitude of four to five thousand meters, normal people still find it difficult to breathe, not to mention the physical exercise of tunneling. How to ensure smooth construction for workers? The commander of the China Railway 20th Bureau came up with a way to develop a plateau oxygen concentrator to produce oxygen on site and send the oxygen directly to the construction site. Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. At that time, 17 plateau oxygen concentrators were built across the entire line, ensuring the work of the construction team in high-altitude areas along the line. The frozen soil section is undergoing a test. Sun Yongfu is proud that as of November, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has transported 953,000 passengers. 270,000 people entered Tibet and 310,000 people left Tibet. The shipment of key materials such as coal, petroleum, fertilizers, and grain has gradually increased, which has effectively promoted the economic and social development of Qinghai and Tibet provinces. Permafrost, alpine hypoxia, and ecological fragility are the three major global problems in plateau railway construction. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been running for half a year. After entering the first winter this year, there were media reports that some parts of the frozen soil section were slightly deformed. What impact will these conditions have on the normal operation of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway? In response to people's questions, when Sun Yongfu went to Tibet for a meeting in September, he specially took a train from Xining into Tibet to feel the effects of railway operation. "According to the recent monitoring results along the railway line, we found that the deformation of the roadbed is very small. Only a small part of the frozen soil section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has slight deformation, and the roadbed has slight settlement." Sun Yongfu answered decisively, "In general, the roadbed is It is stable and reliable and has basically met the design requirements. It is currently undergoing the test of the cold winter. ”