How do people travel in the mountains in the extremely cold weather of MINUS 40℃

On the 24th, the lowest temperature in Harbin, the ice city, dropped to MINUS 37 degrees Celsius. Stay outside for a few minutes, and people will feel biting cold. The pedestrians on the road are all wrapped up and in a hurry, and some eyelashes are frozen. On the 20th, Heilongjiang Meteorological Observatory issued a cold wave warning, and it is predicted that "extremely cold weather" will sweep across Heilongjiang from the 20th to the 26th. The lowest temperature in most parts of the province has dropped below MINUS 30 degrees Celsius, and it is estimated that some areas in Daxing 'anling, Heihe and Yichun will be below MINUS 40 degrees Celsius.

The 6245/6 (Qiqihar-Gulian) passenger train running in the vast forest in extremely cold weather is covered with silver inside and outside. The 6245/6 passenger train passes through 67 small stations, most of which are not marked on the map, providing travel services for the people in Daxinganling area. The lowest fare is only 1 yuan, which is one of the public welfare slow trains operated by Harbin Bureau Group Company of China Railway.

The 6245/6 passenger train runs for a long time and gallops in extremely cold places. The crew work of this train is harder than other running trains, and every flight attendant needs to practice the skills of keeping out the cold for vehicles and passengers. The train adopts 25B carriage with coal-fired boiler in it. Every 20 minutes, the crew needs to add medium to the boiler to ensure that the water temperature of the boiler reaches above 70 degrees Celsius and the temperature inside the car is around 16 degrees Celsius.

In order to keep the carriage warm and cold, the flight attendants have sealed the windows with plastic sheets before using it in winter. All air leakage places such as washbasins, floor drains, toilets, etc. are provided with cold-proof rubber plugs, and train doors are provided with cold-proof pads.

In view of the frosting and freezing of the carriages in winter, the crew made their own shovels to clear the difficult areas to prevent passengers from being injured. Lu, the train conductor, told reporters that homemade shovels are the best to use, especially when cleaning toilets. "The toilet of the train is a straight-through toilet. In winter, the cold air will pour up along the auxiliary bucket, and the dirt in the toilet will soon freeze on the auxiliary bucket, which is a big challenge for the sanitary cleaning of the toilet. In order to provide passengers with a clean toilet environment as much as possible, at each station, the flight attendants will flush the squatting pan with warm water, and then use the self-made toilet after stopping. This is the experience we have summed up many times. The hot water toilet has an odor and is directly frozen with cold water. "

"The temperature has plummeted these days, sometimes accompanied by snow after snow. Train stops are dense, and some sections stop in less than 10 minutes. The flight attendants should clean the carriage, tidy up the luggage rack, organize boarding and unloading, burn the boiler, clean the ash, clear the snow at the door and clean the toilet. On cold days, they often sweat a lot. " Train conductor Lu Wen told reporters.

The 6245/6 passenger train has been running for 40 years, which is the safest way for people in mountainous areas to travel in snowy days. This train is a public welfare train and a life train for people in mountainous areas at an important moment. The passenger surnamed Zhang told the reporter, "My daughter is ill, and I took this bus to Mohe Hospital. As long as 6245 can run safely and on time, I will continue to ride. "