Lat nightI watched at night Geo the trip of an American railway engineer from Beijing to Lhasa to marvel at the innovation of the Chinese in railway technology.
The project was started some 50 years ago but the most critical was started 10 years ago at the Tibetan plateau.
The rail covers some 3,000 miles and 48 hours of travel. It passes through a plateau that covers some 700 miles and at very harsh conditions. Located at some 5000+ meters, the rail line is even higher than Mt. Apo in the Phil and the US Rockies. Some innovations were used:
l. The extensive use of medical technology - high altitude medical technology to lessen deaths.
2. Double locomotives with combined force of 8,000 hp are installed at Golmud to handle the long haul and climb.
3. There are oxygen generators in the train. The locomotives are accompanied by a generator for power and more oxygen.
4. Waste water are stored and are collected by trucks once in Tibet.
5. The trains are tightly sealed to maintain + pressure.
6. The trains are monitored not by sophisticated train electronics but by cellphones . The set up makes the whole set up cheaper.
Highest railway line in the world.
It is an engineering marvel. Splendid. Fantastic.
You tube video on Lhasa railway line, the world's highest How did they do it?
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