Workers brave harsh winter to ensure safety of trains in Xinjiang
Updated: January 25, 2021 14:04Xinhua
Yang Shenghui (R) and his workmate of the Tiechanggou repairing team check the snow removing gears of a railway track snow removing machine in Emin, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Jan 21, 2021. Maytas, dubbed "Hell of Wind," is a wild area where the Karamay-Tacheng railway trunk line in Xinjiang runs through. It is also a place where the Tiechanggou repairing team under the China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co Ltd is on the watch 24 hours a day to ensure safe operation of all trains passing by. [Photo/Xinhua]
Two workers of the Tiechanggou repairing team are on their way to repair a damaged part of the safety fence in Maytas windy area along the Karamay-Tacheng railway, in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Jan 21, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Jan 21, 2021 shows a railway track snow removing machine in operation in Maytas windy area along the Karamay-Tacheng railway, in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Jan 21, 2021 shows a railway track snow removing machine in operation in Maytas windy area along the Karamay-Tacheng railway, in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Workers of the Tiechanggou repairing team manually remove seriously caked snow on railway tracks in Maytas windy area along the Karamay-Tacheng railway, in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Jan 21, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Wang Tianbin (L) and his workmate of the Tiechanggou repairing team manually remove snow from railway switch in Emin, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Jan 20, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
