59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

"Dudududu!"

A long gas whistle came from the front of the car. Chen Li happily climbed onto the seat and looked out the window.

"Big Cauldron, we've arrived!"

"No, it's still early. This is the Langfang station, where we refuel with coal."

Chen Feng knew without looking that he had not arrived at his destination.

Because trains need to be refueled with coal and water, each train line has a small station for adding these materials.

This is the most common function.

Factory goods are often transferred and loaded and unloaded at these small stations. Some small factories and mines in mountainous areas do not have their own dedicated lines connecting to the stations and can only transfer goods between trains and cars through the small stations.

Using trucks to transport coal to Sijiucheng Railway Station or Langfang Railway Station is too far and will occupy a large amount of the already tight truck transportation capacity, which is a very wasteful behavior.

Placing a small station nearby can maximize the savings in transportation capacity and resources.

Second, a small number of passenger transport functions are retained.

This is quite special, mainly targeting some special areas, promoting economic and cultural exchanges among local residents and supporting local economic development.

Third, it provides the function of meeting and waiting for trains on the line.

Nowadays, most railways are single-track, but materials from all over the country are waiting to be transported. One track cannot only run trains in one direction at a time. If trains run in both directions, there will be collisions.

At this time, the role of the small station comes into play. Before the two trains meet, the dispatching room arranges one train to stop at a small station in the middle of the track, and then sets off again after the opposite train passes, thus ensuring efficient transportation.

Realize a single track with multiple frequencies and bidirectional departures.

There are a large number of such small stations, each with only a few people on duty. They are located in the rural areas of various cities and use telephone lines and even radio dispatch to avoid traffic accidents, making a huge contribution to the construction of the Republic.

"Big pot, why do you need to add coal? Is it to boil water?"

Chen Li asked curiously. In her impression, coal was best used for boiling water, and it was not tasty when used for cooking.

"Uh, that's right!"

Adding coal to a train is just like boiling water, using the water vapor to drive the engine, pulling the train forward.

As Xu Damao was a train attendant, he needed to work regularly. When they arrived at the small station, he accompanied the conductor down, and Chen Feng took his sister back to their seats.

Chen Hao and Fatty Wang were reading comic books, while Hu Bayi was looking at the luggage.

There are a lot of thieves on trains nowadays. If you don’t look carefully, it’s very common for your things to be stolen.

"Brother Bayi, I just went to the locomotive and saw an old man inside. He shoveled a lot of coal to boil water!"

Chen Li excitedly talked about what she saw and heard. It was her first time taking a train, and she wanted to buy one to take home and play with.

The first time I entered the locomotive and saw how the train operated, I was happy for a while.

It's like learning how to drive a train just by adding coal.

"What's on the front of the car?" Chen Hao put down the picture book and was very curious about this.

"Well, it was a big coal stove with such a big opening. An uncle wearing only pants was shoveling coal with a shovel. There was another uncle sitting in the front and kept looking ahead."

"He had a rope, and when he pulled it, it made a loud bang, louder than a car."

“That’s the driver!”

The children were talking non-stop, while Chen Feng was standing beside them, smiling and looking at the scenery outside.

There is no barbed wire on the current train lines, and children from some villages come here to pick up scraps.

Bottles, pens and other small objects thrown by passengers are their targets.

Because of this, some tragedies happen every year.

Some children, who were with their younger brothers and sisters, forgot for a moment that the little ones were playing on the railway, and even when they heard the whistle ahead, they didn't know how to hide.

The Railway Bureau wants to build barbed wire to isolate and protect people's safety.

The problem is the scoundrels!

Nowadays, unruly people even dare to lie on trucks and rob supplies, let alone steal barbed wire.

If the railroad tracks were not difficult to dig and the whole family was caught and killed (often the whole family commits a crime collectively), God knows whether they would have dug the railroad tracks as well!

The biggest task of the railway police at each small station is to patrol the routes.

I am really scared by these unruly people!

"Big Pot, why is the car not moving again?" Chen Li kept asking various questions like a curious baby.

Chen Feng kept answering and explaining.

The train stopped for about ten minutes, waited for a truck to leave, and then got on the road again.

It is extremely normal for trains in this era to be late. The two-way operation of a single track will inevitably lead to various scheduling difficulties, which is far less convenient than double-track operation.

But the cost of double track is too high and the country has no money!

After passing Langfang Station, a large number of passengers got on the train, making it seem even more crowded.

The train police patrol the trains tirelessly time and time again, reminding everyone to keep an eye on their belongings and be careful of thieves. If anything is stolen, report the situation immediately and do not investigate privately.

Xu Damao also passed by several times and brought some snacks to Chen Li.

When they arrived in Tianjin, several people followed Chen Feng. Chen Feng carried Chen Li on his back and got off the bus with difficulty in the crowded crowd.

"Brother, let's borrow Uncle Li's car next time. It's really uncomfortable!" Chen Hao felt that getting on and off the train was simply a death sentence.

Especially when he got off the car, he felt someone touched his butt.

Chen Feng put Chen Li down and put the backpack on his chest on his back.

"You pay for the car oil?"

"Uncle Li is out!" Chen Li yelled, "Big pot, Uncle Li has money!"

"He has shitty money!" Chen Feng laughed.

Lao Li is not from the logistics department and he doesn't rely on the soldiers' blood, so where does the money come from?

I heard that he asked the old man to borrow cigarettes and alcohol many times. How could such a poor guy want to be rich?

"But he bought me a lot of things before!" Chen Li pouted and shouted.

"Haha, that's just him pretending to be rich, silly girl."

"Why do you have to pretend?"

Chen Li didn't understand how important it was for adults to look good. In her mind, if you don't have money, don't buy anything, or you'll be even poorer!

"Haha, you'll understand when you grow up!"

Chen Feng walked out of the station, waved at a ox cart at the entrance, and said he was going to Tanggu Town.

The driver offered a reasonable price, so he took the children on board.

There are no ox carts that go directly to the village, and there are even fewer town buses. There are cars that go to the port terminal, but they are all public transport trucks or owned by state-owned units.

Nowadays, all the docks are logistics areas, mainly used to transport sea cargo. There are no industrial parks, no financial service areas, etc., and there is no need to arrange buses to facilitate people's commuting.

We all live in a dormitory nearby!

"Big pot, I'm hungry!" Chen Li said, touching her belly.

It’s past 11 o’clock now, and it’s indeed time for dinner.

"Wait a minute, when we get to Tanggu Town, we'll go eat seafood noodles!" Chen Feng likes Tanggu's seafood noodles very much. The chefs there are all professional, and the taste is a little different from the Shazhu in Sijiu City.

“I want prawns!”

"it is good!"

"And grilled fish."

"See if they have any. If they do, you can eat whatever you want!"

"Whee!"