※ This video is part of <Extreme Jobs - Changing the Korean Railroad Map. Jeolla Line Double-tracking Construction Parts 1-2> broadcast from November 24 to 25, 2010. The Jeolla Line, with a total length of 185.2 km, connects Iksan and Yeosu. Opened as a single-track in December 1936, the Jeolla Line has played a pivotal role in transportation in the inland Honam region. Due to the operating time of over 5 hours and the terrain with many steep slopes and curves, the track capacity was insufficient, and it gradually lost its function as a trunk railway. However, the Jeolla Line is now changing. This is because the Jeolla Line high-speed and double-tracking construction that began in 2001 will finally be completed next year. The double-tracking work, which requires building another track next to the existing railroad, is much more dangerous and difficult because it has to be done next to the existing operating line, compared to the installation of a new high-speed railroad. Nevertheless, the workers who worked day and night for nearly 11 years. Let's meet the people who changed the railroad map of Korea! ▶ The center of transportation in the Honam inland region, the Jeolla Line Construction of the Jeolla Line began in 1928 and opened in December 1936. The Jeolla Line, which connects Iksan and Yeosu, became the center of transportation in the Honam inland region, but it could not keep up with the changes of the times due to its small track capacity and long operating hours. For this reason, the government has been working on the double-tracking and high-speeding of the Jeolla Line since 2001, and the long construction that lasted nearly 11 years will be completed in 2011. The Jeolla Line double-tracking project is not just a simple railroad construction project, but also aims to resolve the difficulties in transporting cargo between Gwangyang Port and Yulchon Yeocheon Industrial Complex and to increase access to the metropolitan area, thereby achieving balanced regional development. Let's meet the people working at the site of this great history. ▶ A midnight special operation, a 25m-long long rail transported to Heungguksa Station by a rail transport freight train. At midnight, more than 100 rails weighing 197 tons must be moved to the loading yard, which is 30 minutes away. Two machine cars were deployed to move the long rails, and the two drivers worked well together to successfully complete the task of moving the rails onto the trailer. They set up a traffic control plan for transportation to the loading yard and departed for the loading yard with the escort vehicle. Workers came out onto the road to control traffic for the trailers that had to cross the center line because of the long rails. Speeding vehicles at night put the workers’ lives at risk... Even the trailers that barely crossed the center line and entered the loading yard continued to spin their wheels on the unpaved road. How will the workers get out of this crisis? ▶ Connect the 25m rails, install the tracks. The tracks are the paths that trains walk on. The longer the tracks are without breaks, the better. This is because it reduces shock and noise and the risk of derailment. As the double-tracking work begins, welding work is being done simultaneously with the installation to connect them longer than the existing tracks. Along with the double-tracking of the Jeolla Line, changes have also been made to the junctions, which are the intersections of the railroad, as high-speed trains are being built. The junctions that used to create the rattling noises that come to mind when you think of trains in our memories, had the disadvantage of reducing the speed of the train when passing through them. Let’s go to the Jeolla Line double-tracking construction site, which is being newly changed to a nose-operated junction for the convenience of passengers. ✔ Program name: Extreme Jobs - Changing the Korean railroad map. Jeolla Line double-tracking construction, parts 1 and 2 ✔ Broadcast date: 2010.11.24~25 #GollaDunDocumentary #ExtremeJob #Railroad #Construction #Construction #Rail #JeollaLine #Train #ConstructionSite #Assembly