Chapter 313: Railroad Networks and Sleepers
Zhan Tianyou still raised objections to the construction of three railways together, after all, this is equivalent to a threefold expansion of the construction period, for a railway, this is a huge loophole, even if the railway is built here faster, it is three times late to repair it, which still reduces the efficiency, and the effectiveness of the railway is more reflected in the complete breakthrough.
Yang Yuanzhao almost accepted a piece of expert knowledge, and the meager railway knowledge of later generations also told him that the general railway is a single line that is built first, and a double line will be added in the future, which is also the general practice of railway construction, but when surveying and designing, he insists on measuring and designing three lines together to reduce the difficulty of building three lines in the future.
At this point, Zhan Tianyou is noncommittal, especially knowing that the entire Baotou, now there are almost 6,000 people who have basically mastered the measurement and mapping personnel, distributed throughout Mongolia and Shanxi, when the common measurement of this, he has nothing to say, you know, the previous Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, just he and his dozen people, ran all over the entire 200 kilometers from Beijing to Zhangjiakou, bit by bit, slowly measured the entire project, three lines, because of the relationship of simultaneous measurement, The workload did not increase to three times, and there were so many people, as well as the preliminary measurements, of course, they agreed with satisfaction.
Seeing that Zhan Tianyou agreed with his opinion, Yang Yuanzhao put down a thought, as the designer and planner of the blueprint of Baotou, he knows very well that in the future, with the help of the all-in-one machine, Baotou's production capacity will explode to what Cheng dù, tens of millions of tons of steel plants, not only the problem of raw materials, the output of things, but also terrifying, once the 16 blast furnaces are completely completed, and the number of workers to keep up with the pace of the steel mill, from Baiyun Obo to Baotou, one or two railway lines can not keep up with the capacity, the transportation of raw materials, The shipment of finished products, as well as a large number of follow-up production, can not be restricted by the bottleneck of traffic, 42 kilograms per meter of rail, is just a foundation, in the future, such roads will gradually increase.
Therefore, based on the light industry of Baotou, connected to the heavy industry of Baiyun Obo, under the situation of equal emphasis on light and heavy industry, the production of things is calculated in 10,000 tons, or even millions of tons, plus the future of the core area of the two-in-one, will absorb millions, or even more workers, just this basic daily necessities, is an astronomical amount.
Zhan Tianyou didn't understand Yang Yuanzhao's ambition, but he also understood that he really met someone who really built a railway, he thought about building a railway, but he just felt that it might be Baotou to Zhangjiakou, this hundreds of kilometers of distance, it takes him a few years of hard work to be able to repair it, but after looking at the hydrology and address materials, he knows that Baotou has prepared a lot for this, plus railways and rails, basically, his preliminary preparations, can be put aside, Baotou has done a good job, the rest, It is just to do it according to the design of Baotou, which at least saves more than a year, but such a huge plan, not to mention the first line change, just a few important through railways, there are more than 1,000 kilometers, which for him, at least seven or eight years, can be completed.
Of course, Yang Yuanzhao also talked to Zhan Tianyou about some prospects, in addition to these five important trunk railways, there are also Baotou to Baiyun Obo, there is a Baotou as the center, Baiyun Obo, Datong, Suiyuan and other major cities as the center, the ring railway, this is the first ring line, the purpose of this ring line, is to connect the most core city with Baotou as the center, with the expansion of Baotou's influence in the future, will promote the construction of the entire railway network with capital and technical advantages, and put some relatively strong projects, Gradually transplanted to these cities, reducing the pressure on the population and land brought about by the rapid expansion of Baotou.
Next, there is Taiyuan for the second ring line of the Biqu Pavilion www.biquge.info, in the ring line, each key city, and Baotou, there is a direct interconnection of railways, so that a relatively dense railway belt is formed, at the location of each railway intersection, an important city will be formed, this city, not only a transportation hub, but also with other roles, such as the regional economic center, or the industrial hub city.
Zhan Tianyou was completely stunned, he didn't expect that Yang Yuanzhao's mentality would be so big, a hundred kilometers of railway, in his opinion, is at his fingertips, just 5 railways, 1500 kilometers, if you add the construction of 3 lines, it is 4500 kilometers, as for the two ring lines centered on Baotou, even if it is a single line construction, connected, it is also a thousand kilometers as the number, maybe with the support of Baotou, in just a few years, it can form a railway network here, at least in 10,000 kilometers, this, Zhan Tianyou has no doubt that Baotou already has the necessary things for the production of railways, rails and funds, with these two points, and enough courage, if it does not encounter major force majeure, the success of the construction is almost certain.
Thinking of this, Zhan Tianyou's mood was unusually excited, as an engineer who has devoted himself to railways and studied railways for most of his life, he hopes that there will be more and more railways behind the name, and the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, because of his existence, has become a monument, and this railway network in Baotou will become another one.
Looking at Zhan Tianyou's excited appearance, Yang Yuanzhao did not doubt that once he gave the order, Zhan Tianyou would immediately start acting, approaching his fifties, he did not have the feeling of knowing the destiny of ordinary officials, but was full of expectation and excitement for the field he cared about, his eyes swept over a report on the table, he suddenly thought of something that seemed to be forgotten, and hurriedly said: "By the way, Engineer Zhan, about the railway, there is another one that you need to test to see if it can be used."
In the face of 5 railways, more than 1,500 kilometers of railway construction plan, let Yang Yuanzhao forget about it, let Zhan Tianyou check the prefabricated cement sleepers, this sleeper, Yang Yuanzhao knows, it must be no problem, countless examples in later generations, even high-speed rail, are using this, but Zhan Tianyou needs to finally confirm, after all, the entire railway construction plan is carried out under the control of Zhan Tianyou, without his approval, even if there is a convenient cement prefabricated sleeper, it will not be used.
"Really? Railway-related?" Zhan Tianyou was slightly curious, in his opinion, the most critical thing for the railway is the rail, as long as the rail is solved, there will be no obstacle to the construction of the railway, what else needs his attention!
When Yang Yuanzhao brought Zhan Tianyou to the prefabricated parts factory, the huge factory area, as well as many cement products, made Zhan Tianyou marvel at the processing capacity of Baotou, a thought flashed in his heart, Zhan Tianyou suddenly thought of a key to the construction of the railway, in addition to the rails, the arrogant investment in the railway is sleepers, the problem of sleepers, is also crucial to the railway.
The sleepers of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, part of which is imported, and the other is made of local materials, in the production of zuò, which only accounts for one-third of the overall sleeper, in the process of manufacturing, encountered a lot of problems, fortunately, the construction period of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is a full 4 years, 4 years, enough for him to solve many problems, Baotou's railway plan is more huge, 1500 kilometers of lines, the sleepers needed, I don't know how much, this needs to be done in advance, he needs to contact the Russian timber processing plant in the Far East, Advance production zuò this, which requires a lot of investment, and even have to endure the exploitation of the Russians with sudden price increases.
At this time, Zhan Tianyou was brought to such a prefabricated parts factory by Yang Yuanzhao, looking at the cement prefabricated parts that are as high as up, as light as hundreds of kilograms, and as heavy as several tons, one by one the production of cement prefabricated parts, one by one, he doesn't know what these are for, a certain process dù above, the construction of this thing is figured out, he clearly got inspiration from the middle, and felt that in the construction of the railway, it can be measured in advance, and the indicators can be issued, and the prefabricated parts factory can be completed ahead of schedule. Especially for some of the smaller railway bridges, he can hand in a satisfactory answer.
In the prefabricated parts factory, a relatively remote corner, there is a large area covering tens of thousands of square meters, half of which is sheltered by simple sheds, and the other half is open-air, which is a huge area, and there are hundreds of workers at this time, who are nervous about the operators there.
On this area, there is a very strange cement piece, Zhan Tianyou took a look, and found that it was different, isn't this what sleepers look like, of course, it is a little different from sleepers, this is Yang Yuanzhao according to the appearance of later generations, made zuò out, high on both sides, low in the middle, leaving out the area of the rails, a relatively large area, and there is enough stress surface, this is a sleeper made of cement.
"It's sleepers, cement sleepers!" Zhan Tianyou almost trembled, and said in an uncertain voice, cement, after it was invented, is an important building material, based on the research of cement and concrete, the whole world is going on, all kinds of skyscrapers, taller and taller houses, and those large dams, all represent the power of human beings to transform society and transform nature, this power is simply mighty, incomparable, Zhan Tianyou never thought that cement can be used on sleepers.
Compared to treated wood, it is as hard as stone, and in many respects its performance is far better than that of cement parts of wood, and it is definitely much better than wood.
It's a pity that for Zhan Tianyou, he is not sure in his heart, the use of any kind of new product, needs to be tested, cement prefabricated parts that are not used abroad, maybe the performance of cement can support up to skyscrapers, but is he really suitable for railways, without a series of tests, what if there is danger? R1152