At a certain station, there was a train parked on the railway tracks. There were ten cars in the locomotive. A large group of men of different uniforms walked up and down in each carriage, gathering to discuss something from time to time, and then circled around the train.

The lord Di Jun, dressed in the government, talked with several old escort leaders from the escort business.

These old escorts were known to Di Jun. After all, more than 30 years ago, when several major escorts in Huangzhou were established, these people began to be escorts, and Di Jun had dealt with each other back then.

It is really because of this origin that today's live meeting was found.

Railway transportation is imperative, but the safe driving of trains is the top priority. In order to prevent the occurrence of vicious crimes such as carjacking, the safety protection (hereinafter referred to as security) measures of trains must be in place.

Therefore, some officials sought help from several major deceased businesses in Huangzhou and asked the other party to send experienced deceased officers and deceased officers to offer advice on the safety of the train. Today is the day of the on-site meeting.

The ward leaders assumed that they were robbers and formulated various carjacking plans to find loopholes in train safety protection measures. Now, Wang Dijun is summarizing everyone's opinions.

Robbing a train sounds incredible, but it is actually not difficult, because even if the train is driving on the plain, it is not as fast as the horses that sprint with all their might, so it is not impossible for dozens or even hundreds of horse bandits to rob the train.

Trains are at risk of being robbed on plains. On uphill sections or multiple detours, the train speed will drop significantly, so the probability of robbers appearing will be greater.

Even if there are no robbers who robbed halfway, there will be robbers who took the bus as passengers and waited for the train to reach certain sections of the road. These robbers blocked the two ends of the carriage and could rob the passengers in the carriage.

If the robbers have carefully planned and bought tickets and boarded the train at a scale of dozens or even hundreds of people, it is not impossible for the entire train to be looted.

Once such evil things occur, it will cause great property losses, interfere with the normal operation of the railway, and will also damage people's sense of trust and security in railway transportation. Therefore, corresponding security measures must be taken.

For example, before passengers enter the station and get on the bus, people and luggage must be inspected, and passengers cannot carry all kinds of flammable and explosive dangerous goods, or illegal knives and weapons.

For example, there are a certain number of passenger police officers on each train, who are responsible for handling ordinary public security incidents in the train, such as theft, fighting, etc., and there are special small prison cells to temporarily detain arrested persons.

However, the number of passengers cannot be too large. Moreover, once a bandit gang that has been plotting for a long time, the other party is unintentional, and the passengers may not be able to protect themselves, and the train safety cannot be guaranteed.

Therefore, the armed personnel who escort the car are needed, that is, the escorts.

It is impossible for an escort to sit with ordinary passengers, so a special escort car must be set up, that is, an escort car.

The escort rests in the escort truck and takes action once something happens. The escort truck itself can also serve as a luggage cart, placing passengers' large luggage, and providing convenience for the government's post.

For the ten-carriage group that is normally marshaled, the escort truck should be "the back of the palace", that is, it is ranked last, so as to obtain the "best shooting angle".

In this way, if a robber attacks halfway, the escorts at the rear of the train can use muskets to shoot the robbers trying to get close to and climb the train.

At the same time, if a robber attacks in the train, the escort can go along the internal passage of the car to the incident car and assist the police in subduing the gang.

Various measures to ensure the safety of trains have actually been implemented in the original railway transportation (horse-carriage transportation). However, horse-drawn trains are mainly freight and have few passengers. Moreover, there are not many passengers on horse-drawn trains (relatively), so it is easier to manage.

However, when trains replace horses to tow train cars, because the locomotive has a lot of strength, the number of train marshalling cars increases and the number of passengers increases, making it more difficult to manage.

In this regard, the old escort and escorts put forward some improvement opinions on the proposed "security system" after observing the train carriage.

In addition, some shortcomings were pointed out.

First of all, the so-called "checking passengers' luggage, not carrying dangerous goods, controlling knives and weapons on board" system is simple but difficult to implement. Unless each station adds a large number of people to conduct inspections, it will not be of great effect.

To put it bluntly, this kind of measure prevents gentlemen but not villains. It is better than not, but it does not expect to prevent robbers from stealing weapons into the car.

Secondly, the best way for robbers to jail cars is to control the locomotive and stop the train, without the village in front and store in the back, so that the business can be done easily. Therefore, the safety of the locomotive (including the train driver) must be ensured.

The escort truck is located at the rear of the train and is too far away from the locomotive. Once the robbers control the locomotive, the entire train will be in great danger.

Third, robbers must have a calculating and unintentional ideation. Whether it is a flight attendant or an escort, it is impossible to be on guard all the time, so it is easy to be taken advantage of by others. Especially for the flight attendant, they must often walk in each carriage. If they wear six-sings, they will easily be snatched by the other party, and then use the snatched six-sings to commit crimes.

Therefore, it is best for the flight attendant not to carry firearms (or a few people hold them and keep them strictly) to avoid becoming the first target of the gangsters' attack.

Fourth, relying solely on severe punishments and forceful intimidation can't scare the outlaws, because it is very likely that the outlaws only plan to do a "big deal", then divide the stolen money and go their separate ways, and from then on their own, hiding their names and disappearing.

The other party will do whatever it takes to make money and will not think about "the future is long", or even a resident of the railway. Even if the railway area implements "joint defense", it is impossible to be fully confident in preventing such a carjacking behavior of outsiders who can leave with just one vote.

Fifth, whether it is a flight attendant or an escort, the number cannot be too large, because this will increase the cost. Over time, in the face of the high employment costs, a company will sooner or later cut off personnel, and the safety hazards will become increasingly greater.

Regarding these points, the ward leaders gave suggestions.

1. For normal trains, regardless of passengers, cargo, and escort trucks, one must have two sections, one behind the locomotive and the other at the rear of the train, the escort train and the locomotive.

2. The escort is also an escort, an escort equipped with firearms and arrows, to assist the police in maintaining train security. In an emergency (someone jails), the escort has the right to kill any suspicious person who endangers the safety of the train.

Of course, occupying the "share" of the two vehicles will cause the number of passengers (cargo) on the train to drop and the operating income will decrease, so there is a good way to solve it: these two vehicles are "contracted" by the escort shop for a fee.

In other words, these two escort trucks are the carriages stationed by the escort (ethnic troopers) and are also the carriages used by the escort team to store escort items. The "contracting fee" paid by the escort act can make up for the losses caused by the failure of the two escort trucks to participate in passenger transport (freight).

The escort who also serves as an escort is responsible for the wages of the escort business and will not increase the operating costs of each train.

Of course, according to the existing regulations, each train must have a luggage cart, and it will provide convenience for the government's postal and postal services (appropriate fees), check in various official documents, letters, files and other materials, and the two escort trucks "contracted" by the escort business will naturally bear this responsibility.

When Du Dijun heard this, he understood what the deck leaders meant. The other party wanted to take the emerging industry of railway transportation through cooperation.

Or, cooperate with competitors and make money together.

The reason is very simple. When the railway is built and the train is opened, it means that there is no room for escort businesses to survive along the route.

The escort team that uses horse-drawn carriages to transport escorts has the fastest speed every day. If someone in the escort team hikes, it is even only 30 or 40 miles. Therefore, when the steamer ship appears, the business of many escort companies is greatly affected.

The escort business also responded very quickly, either purchasing steamship escorts or cooperating with the escorts to contract cabin escorts.

This is the case with water transportation, but why can't it be like this?

Nowadays, with the arrival of trains, the business of the escort business will only become increasingly bleak in the next few decades, and the size of the escort team will inevitably shrink. There are a large number of escort leaders, and escorts will either change their careers or become unemployed.

Over time, the industry of escort business may not be able to survive.

Faced with competitors with absolute advantage of railway transportation, and facing a dim future, various escort businesses still choose to cooperate and choose to "transform".

The train cannot be bought or cannot be afforded, so the escort business chooses to contract the carriage, just like the cabin space, and provides additional "value-added services", that is, the escort serves as the escort and ensures the safety of the train.

Du Dijun thinks that such suggestions are really good. For railway operators, it will not increase much cost and will not affect revenue, but will effectively solve the problem.

He looked at several old escorts, looked at the vicissitudes of life, and remembered the old days.

Thirty years ago, these people were "in their prime" and participated in the creation of various major desperation businesses in Huangzhou. It can be said that they watched the birth, growth and growth of the "desert" industry with their own eyes. Now, they have to experience the second "entrepreneurship".
Chapter completed!