Why do we need to clean the railway switches during heavy snow?

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Northeast China hit by extreme cold wave

China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd.

Organizing frontline workers

Use snow shovels, wind-powered snow blowers and other equipment

Continuous snow and ice removal on the lines

Ensure the equipment is in good condition

When they were clearing snow from the lines

Clean an important area

That's the turnout.

Why do we need to clean railway switches?

The direction of the train movement depends on

Direction of turnout on the line

Once the blizzard weather

If the turnout equipment is blocked due to snow and ice

Causes the turnout point rail to not fit closely

The turnout equipment cannot be switched normally

The train cannot run normally.

Therefore, whenever there is snowy weather

Railway workers should clean up in time

Railway turnout equipment and surrounding snow

Scan as you go, leaving no hidden dangers

How to clean railway turnouts?

The structure of the turnout conversion device is complex

To thoroughly clean the ice and snow inside and outside the turnout

It's not an easy task

They need to put the switch rail

1 meter in front of the point rail between the basic rails

Clean up snow and ice

When clearing snow from the gap between switches

Need to be more patient and careful

Wind-powered snow blower, broom, shovel

Shovel and other snow removal tools are all in use

Railway workers take snow as their command and march against the flow

Fighting in the snow on the thousands of miles of railway lines

This winter

They guard the road

Make the journey no longer cold

For the railway workers who are clearing snow

Give it a like!

Source: Liaoning Reporter Station of People's Railway Newspaper Co., Ltd. (Shenyang Bureau Group Corporation Media Integration Center), Dalian Electric Power Section Media Integration Studio

Text: Yin Chenxi, Liu Tianming, Wang Li, Wu Qiong

Photos: Cao Zheshuang, Wang Hehan, Liu Shilin

Editor: Sun Xiaoyuan

Source: China Railway