Chapter 1057 Train Plan 2.0

Luo Chong's order was quickly passed down, and the guards immediately went to Xingang County to invite people. The next morning, Luo Chong met Lin Fei in Hanyang City.

"Chief, is there something that you are so anxious to call me here for?"

Lin Fei was taken to Luo Chong's home after breakfast. As soon as they met, he asked directly, but he also had an irrepressible smile on his face, which made Luo Chong look a little surprised.

"Let's not talk about my business first. What's wrong with you? You look so happy, your wife gave birth to a child?"

"Uh, no, although my wife is pregnant, it's not time for delivery yet. I'm happy that the order given to us by the chief is now being completed very quickly. In addition, the new factory expansion has been completed. The workshop has been built." Lin Fei was a little stunned when he heard Luo Chong's question, and then he immediately explained.

"Oh, so that's the case. Have your tractors, grain harvesters, and those engineering machinery been completed?" Luo Chong nodded and asked again.

"To reply to the chief, the order for tractors has been completed, and the loader is currently in production. There is also an excavator, which is a little more troublesome. The track of the rolled steel needs to be riveted one by one, which is very laborious. As for the grain harvester, the production plan has been made, and it will be produced quickly."

Lin Fei thought about it and immediately began to report the progress of the work. After he finished speaking, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and then he continued.

"By the way, chief, we have recently produced two Endeavour locomotives and corresponding carriages. Now they are loaded on cargo ships and will arrive at the dock of Chengkang County in a few days. The railway construction there seems to be quite fast."

Luo Chong was also stunned when he heard this. He really didn't pay attention to this news. Now he remembered it after hearing Lin Fei's report. In fact, the railway from Chengkang County to Qi'an County in the middle and lower reaches of the Liuyang River is only more than 160 kilometers long, which is about the same length as the original Xinwei Line Railway.

Such a small railway is all in plains. With sufficient materials and manpower, it is actually very fast to build. If it weren't for the need to build two railway bridges in the middle, it would have been opened to traffic long ago.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten that this Endeavour locomotive is pretty good. It will be the main means of transportation for mining in the future. But regarding the development of heavy locomotives, have you made any progress now?" Luo Chong asked immediately after being stunned for a moment.

"Replying to the leader, the heavy steam locomotive 'Yuejin' project has been in a steady development stage. According to the leader, we should first solve the problem of whether there is any problem, so we directly adopted the mature solution of the Endeavour. The Yuejin model we built is actually not much different. It is just an enlarged version. However, we are also preparing the technology for the four-cylinder 4×6×6×4 dual-power system super-heavy locomotive proposed by the leader. However, we have to wait for the heavy locomotive to run for a period of time and accumulate some practical experience before we can deal with it."

When Lin Fei heard Luo Chong asking about the train, he immediately answered. He was the most clear about this matter, because no matter how many projects the Power Research Institute has launched, it cannot change the fact that steam locomotives are the foundation of their existence.

Luo Chong also had great expectations for the Power Research Institute. Although he didn't know if he could develop a train with internal combustion engines or electric trains in this lifetime, it would be great if the steam train could be developed to its peak. You have to know that in history, steam trains ran at an abnormal speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour during their peak period, which was not inferior to the Harmony high-speed rail.

In addition, he had always been obsessed with developing a super-heavy train with a track gauge of 1.8 meters. Although the number of 1.8 meters was only slightly more than the standard track gauge of 1.55 meters, it actually had a very important gap.

In a standard gauge train carriage, each row can only accommodate five seats and an aisle, while in a 1.8-meter gauge train, each row can accommodate six seats, with an aisle in the middle and three seats on each side. This is almost a fifth increase in passenger capacity, which is actually very considerable.

Another point is the limitation of the railway gauge on national development. Apart from anything else, as a time traveler, Luo Chong deeply understands the limitations of China's aerospace in this regard.

China's aerospace development seems to have always been unsatisfactory. Looking at the rocket carrying capacity of Western countries, China just can't make thicker rockets. Before the advent of the five-meter-diameter Fat Five, all rockets had a diameter of 3.35 meters. Why is this?

Because if it is thicker, the standard gauge train can't pull it down.

It is such an embarrassing reason that has always troubled the aerospace industry. It's not that the country can't make bigger and thicker rockets, but that the traffic conditions don't allow it.

We also saw what happened later. After the navy became strong, China allowed rockets to be transported by sea without having to worry about their own rockets falling into the sea and being snatched away by foreign forces. China immediately built a five-meter-thick Fat Five, which is very telling.

The railway transportation of the Han tribe is still in the development stage. Luo Chong will naturally not follow the old mistakes of his predecessors and cause trouble for his descendants.

Moreover, with the current development speed of the Han tribe, it is really possible to see the advent of rockets within a hundred years. In fact, without pursuing range and accuracy, it is really possible to get a few of the German V2 in World War II. You must know that the Dongfeng II rocket that launched the atomic bomb actually used alcohol as fuel. The Han tribe is fully capable of producing so much alcohol.

The research on trains in the Han tribe has been developing steadily. It can be said that if there were no problems with the steel of the rails, the heavy-duty railway project would have been launched long ago. However, with the mining of coal in the south and the rise of steel mills, it is estimated that manganese steel that meets the standards can be mass-produced within ten years.

Then there is the four-cylinder 4×6×6×4 dual-power system super-heavy locomotive project, which was proposed by Luo Chong based on the standards of the American "Big Boy" steam locomotive in history. The locomotive of a general steam locomotive has two cylinders, that is, two sets of pistons, driving the wheels on the left and right sides respectively. The layout of the wheels is two pairs of guide wheels in the front, three pairs of power wheels in the middle, and four driven wheels in the back.

However, the American Big Boy pioneered the steam locomotive, using four cylinders on the locomotive, two in the front, two in the middle, one set of power wheels in the front, and another set of power wheels in the back.

The benefits of doing so are also very obvious. A general steam locomotive can only pull about 25 carriages, while the "Big Boy" with dual power can pull more than 60 carriages at a time. The carrying capacity is quite abnormal. There is no reason for the Han tribe not to do it.

Looking at Luo Chong who was gradually lost in thought, Lin Fei was a little dumbfounded. After a long silence, he finally couldn't help but remind him.

"Chief, what on earth did you summon me for today? If there is anything, please tell me and I will do my best."

(End of this chapter)