A snow removing machine, with workers on board, slowly pulls out of the garage of the Tiechanggou repairing team in Emin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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. Maytas is a blizzard-prone area rarely seen in China and even in other parts of the world. More often than not, powerful wind there ploughs through the snow, and buries railway tracks during winters; and the snow on tracks, once caked, would endanger trains dashing on them. Removing snow from tracks is therefore a top priority of the team in recent days. The railway track snow removing machine does help a lot, but team members still have to lay their hands on manual tools to enhance job efficiency. This team of young workers braves the harsh natural environment and fights the snow, wishing that passengers reach their destinations safe and sound.
 

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

 

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

 

Workers of the Tiechanggou repairing team gather in early morning to board a snow removing machine in Emin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2021. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

 

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

 

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

 

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

 

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)