PS: I made a mistake in the last chapter, the current king of Siam should be Rama VII Zheng Guang, Rama VI Zheng Bao has already eaten cakes, I confuse the two of them, I'm sorry, you despise me-_-b, by the way, ask for votes......

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Beijing-Shanghai Line.

Of course, the Beijing-Shanghai line does not refer to the railway from Beijing to Shanghai, the railway has been renamed the "Yanhu line", and the current Beijing-Shanghai line refers to the railway from Hanjing to Shanghai. With a total length of more than 1,250 kilometers, this railway passes through Xinyang, Huangchuan, Hefei, Nanjing and Wuxi, and is an important trunk railway connecting the capital to East China.

"Woo ......" A long whistle sounded, and a train of luxury patents from Hanjing was galloping towards Shanghai. Today, China will hold a ship parade in Shanghai, and this special train is specially prepared for the "international friends" who have come to participate in the celebration, and this special train will take them directly to the port of Shanghai, and then board the viewing ship to participate in the parade at sea.

The locomotive of the special train is a Triumph-3 locomotive, the Triumph series locomotive is the main passenger force of China's railways, and 70% of the passenger trains are using the Triumph series locomotive. The Triumph-3 is the latest model in this series, and its shape is very close to the streamlined front of later generations, and it is completely different from the current mainstream locomotives.

Despite the fact that the appearance of the Triumph is very sci-fi and surreal, the streamlined chimney with a fairing at the front and rear of the car still deeply betrays its essence, which shows that it is not a tall electric locomotive. Of course, it is not an ordinary steam locomotive, let alone a diesel locomotive that has just come out.

The appearance is nothing, the biggest difference is its power, the Triumph series is a high-power steam turbine locomotive, rather than the current world's mainstream reciprocating steam locomotive. China is currently the only locomotive in the world that uses steam turbines as the power of trains, which can be called a unique type of locomotive. The maximum speed of the Triumph-3 locomotive can reach 240 kilometers per hour, of course, this is only the test speed, and the actual operation cannot run so fast, after all, this is not the high-speed rail of later generations.

Depending on the route traveled, it usually actually runs at speeds between 80 and 150 km/h, and even then, it is much faster than the mainstream trains of other powers today. As the key trunk line of the country, the Beijing-Shanghai line is first-class in terms of quality and other conditions, and this is a special train, of course, the running speed can reach the highest, with a speed of 150 kilometers per hour, and it takes only 10 hours to travel more than 1,250 kilometers from Hanjing to Shanghai.

This speed is nothing in later generations, and the bullet trains are faster than it, but in this era it is a very remarkable number, you know, the current train speed of the great powers is generally only 40-60 kilometers, the slow is less than 30 kilometers, and the fastest is only 80 kilometers.

However, this speed is difficult to achieve by traditional reciprocating steam locomotives, and only steam turbines can maintain high speeds for a long time. It's not that the other powers don't know the benefits of steam turbines, and it's not that they don't have the ability to design and manufacture them, even if they didn't expect it before, seeing that China uses it so coolly, they will always follow the cat and the tiger. The Triumph-1 locomotive was built in 1909, and it was not officially built when it was mass-produced. By the time of World War I, China's steam turbine locomotives were running all over the country, and they had begun to phase out reciprocating steam locomotives on the main lines.

But they still use traditional reciprocating steam locomotives, not because they don't want to play with steam turbines, but because they really can't help it. Because the current steam turbines are still very large, and their track gauge is too narrow, the limit space of the train is insufficient, and the current steam turbine cannot be installed at all. Unless they can build a steam turbine with a diameter of less than 3 meters, they will not be able to change the power again.

In China, the railway gauge is 2. The ultra-wide gauge of 5 meters has a limit of more than six meters, and it is more than enough to install a steam turbine in the front of the locomotive, of course, it can be used casually. As a result, the European and American powers can only look at it, and this kind of thing can't be copied even if they want to, unless the track gauge is changed.

This is also why in the history of the original time and space, steam turbine locomotives did not appear until after World War II, but at that time, railway locomotives had begun to be internalized and electrified, and the steam turbine locomotives that were born at the wrong time could only be short-lived and disappeared in the long river of history.

"Dad, this train in China is awesome, it's as wide as a hotel, and there is air conditioning in the carriage, and there are baths and saunas, which is so comfortable. Our Russian trains are too narrow to fit these things, and I'm not used to the cramped carriages since I took the Chinese train. Or the Chinese train is comfortable......" Tsar Alexei II said to his father, Ni II, lying on a soft sofa.

Although he is a tsar, he is only 16 years old now, and he is still out of date, and it is the time when his curiosity is strong. I was very interested in the various tall equipment on this luxury patent, and I didn't stop after getting into the car, and I kept pulling the waiter to explain to him.

However, Ni Er seemed to be preoccupied and did not talk to him. He looked out the window at the busy farmland and said to his son, "Alexey, do you see outside?"

Alexei looked out the window and said, "Oh, did you say those peasants? a lot of tractors and other machines, I've heard, it's called mechanized agriculture, it's also called industrial agriculture. ”

Ni Er shook his head and said, "No, haven't you noticed? Since leaving Hanjing, there have been factories all over the road. ”

Alexei's face flushed, he was looking around on the train at the time, how could he care about the outside.

Ni Er sighed helplessly and said: "Let's talk about this farmland, you see such a large piece of farmland, only a few people are working? This is the mechanized agriculture you just mentioned, it can save a large number of people, and China now has 600 million people." If they spread mechanized agriculture throughout the country, it would mean that China could convert a large number of farmers into workers, and that would be a terrifying increase in China's national power......"

"Is there anything wrong with this? China is our friend, and our friends are stronger, and they are also good for us Russia......"

"Friends, there are no real friends between countries, today they are friends, maybe tomorrow they will be enemies. Don't talk about friends, even relatives can't be relied on......" Niji said this, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

He thought of Britain and France, who would not save their family, and France would not save them, but George V of England was his own cousin, and it was not the same as not saving them. The two brothers, Ni Er and Qiao Wu, look very similar, like twins, and when they have several royal gatherings, they can't even tell the staff. The relationship between the two of them has been particularly good since they were teenagers, and because of this, Qiao Wu's "betrayal" made him particularly chilling.

Although Ni Er is not a qualified monarch, he is also an old man for decades, and after experiencing the catastrophe of life and death, he has now figured it out. The so-called "Ni's reputation is too bad, and he fears that his acceptance will arouse national opposition" is only an excuse for the British to see him die, and the main reason why the British did this was that their Tsarist royal family deposited 800 tons of gold and countless treasures in the British bank.

That's right, Britain just wants to hack this huge wealth, and if the Nier family is brought to the UK, then they will definitely take out this huge amount of money and use it for restoration or something. But if the Ni Er family is clicked by the Bu Dang family, then the money will not be Niu Niu's own. This kind of "desperate" thing, Niu Niu is not the first time to do it, and he is very skilled.

As for those collateral relatives of the Tsarist Russian royal family, or the Red Russians came to ask for it, it doesn't matter, our British Imperial Bank is the most confidential for depositors, if you are not the depositor himself, and there is no depositor's personal power of attorney, as well as password passwords and related procedures, then we will never let you take out even a penny! Yes, our British Imperial Bank is the user first, it is so safe!

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While the father and son were discussing how to get the money back from their cousin, the two guests in the United States were also discussing the railroad.

Marshall walked out of the bathroom with a comfortable face: "Hehe, I really didn't expect that you can take a sauna on the train." Colby, would you like to try it......"

Secretary of State Colby was reading a newspaper when he shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, I don't like the stuffy environment very much, you can enjoy it yourself......"

Marshall went to the bedroom to change his clothes and came out, sat down next to Colby, and said: "I now think the Chinese are reasonable, this railway is still wider, just like the text said, how can two horse butts be used as the standard of modern railways, this is neither reasonable nor scientific! According to my understanding, the volume of China's standard broad gauge is 3 to 6 times that of other gauges, and the construction cost is 1 of other gauges." 3 to 2 times. I received information that Russia and Germany, which are also continental countries, are already working on changing the railway gauge. ”

Colby nodded: "That's true, Britain is an island country, they are surrounded by ports, and most of the transportation can be solved by sea, even if the railway is narrower, it is enough." Our United States, like China, is a continental country, with a vast territory, and so many cities and factories in the interior cannot rely on sea transportation. However, it is very troublesome to change the gauge, and unlike China, they used to have very few railways, so it was very easy to change. At present, there are nearly 400,000 kilometers of railways in China, and there are more than 20 kinds of gauges, and it is very troublesome to just unify them into one, let alone change to ultra-wide gauge like China. ”

Marshall said with confidence: "However, the big domestic conglomerates are very interested in such a big project, if it weren't for the war, they would have started to do it a long time ago." We can start by changing a few trunk lines like this. Even if you can't move too much on the mainland for the time being, you can do it on the African side, where there are not many railways. ”

"It's really funny that some idiots in China actually claim that there is no obvious advantage in the volume of broad gauge and narrow gauge, and it is true that the total weight may not be much different, but is his railway only used to transport iron tuo? What about light-loaded materials such as cotton and grain? Not to mention that there are passenger transport, the limit is 6 meters and the limit is 3 meters, even fools know which space is ......larger," Marshall said angrily.

Colby smiled: "Well, the main reason for this view is that some railway operating companies, if the track gauge is changed, the trains, platforms, bridges, culverts and so on have to be changed, since the current railway can also be used, of course they don't want to spend more money." ”

"These non-nationals! The unification of the national gauge is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and changing to a more scientific and reasonable gauge is the trend of historical development, and the opposition of these guys cannot change the overall situation...... "Marshall said triumphantly: "Without our government's intervention, those big business groups will put pressure on them, and Congress will soon pass the new "Railway Law" and American standards, hehehe......"

Marshall is a staunch supporter of broad gauge, but there are a group of brain-dead people in China who advocate that "broad gauge may not necessarily carry more load", which makes him very unhappy. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this statement, for example, China's 2500mm rail, the load capacity is one-third more than the 1435mm standard rail, compared with the increased cost, there is indeed no obvious advantage.

But these people have consciously or unintentionally ignored the most important point, that is, the materials carried by the railway are not limited to steel ingots, iron ore and other heavy dense goods, but also more than half of all kinds of volume-occupying things, such as cotton, textiles, food and the like. If these things are transported, the load capacity is far from enough, and the cargo space is already full. Not to mention passenger transport, as long as the brain is not flooded, I will not think that a 25*6*6 double-decker carriage is less than a 25*3*3 single-decker carriage with fewer people.

Marshall thought that these people must have not graduated from elementary school, and mathematics was taught by the janitor.

There is also the potential for future upgrades, the current load capacity of China's railways is far from the top, and the "two horses' butts" to the beginning of the 21st century basically reached the top, no matter how to thicken the rails, strengthen the foundation can not work. It's not that it can't be dragged, but because it's too narrow and the center of gravity is unstable.

In fact, later, many continental countries discovered the pitfalls of the "two horses' butts", or why would Nazi Germany engage in a new standard of 3 meters gauge. In fact, not only Nazi Germany, but also the United States and the Soviet Union had similar programs. But at that time, most countries had already unified their respective gauges, and it was already difficult to return, and if it was to be changed, the cost would be too great. Then there was World War II and the Cold War, and everyone didn't have the energy to do it, and it was more important than the railway or the mushroom. The railroad should be narrower, and it will be used.

However, this era is not too late, according to the history of the original time and space, the "two horses' butts" to become the so-called "international standard rail" had to wait until 1937, when the International Railway Association established 1435 mm (4 feet 8 inches) as the standard gauge in 1937. The reason why this brainy thing became an international standard was not because it was the most reasonable, but because there were the most railways of this size at that time. Although there were dozens of gauges in the world at that time, the proportion was not as high as it was at that time.

At present, the track gauge of each country is different, and the same country is not unified, and each railway company has its own standards. Even Britain itself has more than a dozen gauges in the country, such as the Atlantic Railway, which Britain planned before the war, which is 2. The 14-meter gauge is 1600mm on the Irish side and 1372mm on Scotland. It is even more exaggerated in a country like the United States, where railways are basically privately owned, and each railway company does its own thing, from 0. 6 meters to 2. 8 meters are available.

So it's too late to change it now. However, according to the current development, it is difficult to say who is the standard track at that time, at least now all the countries of the People's Revolutionary Union have adopted China's 2500 mm gauge, and the Eurasian Railway and the Sino-Russian Trade Railway also use this gauge.

Of course, if you want to change the gauge now, the Yankees are probably the most depressed, and his family's railway has been built too much, 400,000 kilometers. However, this is also one of the reasons why Wen Desi is now hyping up the benefits of broad gauge in the world, not only launching his own propaganda machine, but also letting vest companies such as Zenith Star also promote abroad.

Because the benefits of broad gauge are real, and it has become the Chinese standard, and now there are more than 100,000 kilometers, and it does show far more performance than narrow gauge. So many foreign government officials and railway experts have become supporters of broad gauge after field visits, and have strongly called for a change in track gauge to let the damn "two horses' butts" get out of the way. In American propaganda, even nationalist sentiments and a sense of national honor have been added.

We have a clear destiny in the United States, the mainstay of the earth, the opium cow is a bird, and we were beaten into dogs in World War I. Why should such a great country use the standard of breaking the settlement? Of course, our great beauty should use a better and larger gauge, the 2 of the Chinese. Five meters is too small, if we want to do it, we can build a three-meter gauge, and if it is an American, it will come to the top, and if it is not an American! Anyone who supports the use of the British gauge must be a traitor of the United States, a lackey of Britain, a fivepence party, and a non-national!

The "broad-gauge faction" that emerged in the past few years has become the climate in the United States, and its influence is quite large. Vice President Marshall is one of them, and he is a staunch broad-gauge supporter. In addition to these government officials, many large American conglomerates, led by Zenith, are also full of interest. What a deal of business it would be if the whole country were to change the gauge in the United States? Not to mention the fact that there are now three states in West Africa, it is really exciting to think about. If it weren't for the First World War, they would have already started to do it.

Who said that Wen is always fooling? This is really not fooling, can we call it fooling with the things we all use ourselves? Mr. Wen just kindly reminded everyone, lest everyone be cheated by the British. As for how much money and time it will cost, this is another question, and what is the point of spending a little money compared to the benefits to the country? Besides, investing in railways is a huge point of profit growth, and it can also create a large number of jobs, which is good for the government, for the consortium, and for ordinary people.

Who dares to say that Mr. Wen is fooling the whole world, just wait to be invited to tea by the Central Social Affairs Department, don't say it unexpectedly!, it's a British lackey, it's a fivepence party, it's a non-national!

The "broad-gauge faction" that emerged in the past few years has become the climate in the United States, and its influence is quite large. Vice President Marshall is one of them, and he is a staunch broad-gauge supporter. In addition to these government officials, many large American conglomerates, led by Zenith, are also full of interest. What a deal of business it would be if the whole country were to change the gauge in the United States? Not to mention the fact that there are now three states in West Africa, it is really exciting to think about. If it weren't for the First World War, they would have already started to do it.

Who said that Wen is always fooling? This is really not fooling, can we call it fooling with the things we all use ourselves? Mr. Wen just kindly reminded everyone, lest everyone be cheated by the British. As for how much money and time it will cost, this is another question, and what is the point of spending a little money compared to the benefits to the country? Besides, investing in railways is a huge point of profit growth, and it can also create a large number of jobs, which is good for the government, for the consortium, and for ordinary people.

Who dares to say that Mr. Wen is fooling the world, just wait to be invited to tea by the Ministry of Social Affairs, don't say it unexpectedly!