Snowstorm 1814

At 18:00 on January 3, 2010, passenger train No. 1814 from Harbin to Baotou, which was on duty from the Baotou Passenger Section of the Hohhot Railway Bureau, was blocked by snow damage caused by a blizzard between Dadonggou and Sanjiehaizi Station on the Jitong Line. The area where the train was blocked was in a deep ditch and depression, and the snow buried the line. It was 2 meters thick and more than 300 meters long. The thickest part of the snow not only buried the roof of the train, but also sealed the train doors with ice. 1,400 passengers and crew members were trapped in the carriage. The Hohhot Bureau took emergency action and quickly assembled a snow removal army of nearly 5,000 people on the Jitong Line to fight against this The snow demons launched a desperate battle. In the biting cold wind of more than minus 40 degrees Celsius, railway officials and workers delivered water and food to passengers while racing against time and snow. At 20:40 on January 4, 2010, train 1814, which had been trapped for 26 hours, finally set off again and embarked on its way home.