[I am on the job in the New Year] ＂Iron Man＂ guards Spring Festival travel rush Road Railway Operation Link, busy weaving warm ＂home road＂

　　CCTV News:Spring Festival travel rush, which lasted for 40 days, ran a series of trains on the motherland, bearing Chinese’s yearning for reunion. On the way home, what we can see is the smiling service of the train attendants and the warm protection of the policemen, but what we can’t see is the silent persistence of the behind-the-scenes heroes such as switchmen and linkmen.

　　Under the cover of night, in the marshalling yard of the operation workshop of Qingdao Railway Station, Liu Xueshuai, a linkman, and his colleagues are marshalling the passenger trains that will start the next day according to the operation plan. Liu Xueshuai has to stand at the end of the carriage and face the biting north wind, becoming another pair of "eyes" for the locomotive driver.

　　Time, route, passenger flow and cargo flow … … As a system with close cooperation and high cooperation among all departments, any delay in any link may cause the train to be delayed and affect the operation of subsequent trains.

　　During the rush hour in Spring Festival travel rush, the railway departments often increase the number of trains and adjust the marshalling. In order to complete the connection quickly and safely, Liu Xueshuai traveled all over the marshalling yard in four years’ working time, and every light pole and every rail joint became the reference for his visual distance. Combined with the "looking at the distance method" explored, he developed the skill of "accurate" and finally became a "ranging expert" in the workshop.

　　Since Spring Festival travel rush this year, the linking workload of Qingdao Railway Station’s operation workshop has increased significantly. During the 10-hour working hours of each shift, the average number of trains has to be ungrouped and linked for 40 times.

　　"Iron Man" guards Spring Festival travel rush Road, and behind them, there are families who silently support them. Since October last year, he has never returned to his hometown in Shijiazhuang because of his work. During the Spring Festival this year, he still chose to have a "cloud reunion" with his family, and the passengers took the carriage woven by him to open a warm "home road".