一对老铁路夫妇的“新传家宝”
2025年11月28日，盘兴高铁正式开通。清晨的首发列车从兴义驶往盘州，车厢里整洁明亮、窗外山脉舒展。坐在靠窗位置的，是已经退休多年的成都铁路局贵阳车务段退休职工周洪滨和许继友。得知贵州最后一个市州中心城市也进入了高铁时代，两位刚过金婚的老人坚持要坐上首发车。对他们来说，这不仅是一趟旅程，更像是对他们几十年铁路生涯的一次圆满回应。
On November 28, 2025, the Panzhou–Xingyi High-Speed Railway officially opened. At dawn, the inaugural train departed from Xingyi toward Panzhou, its carriages clean and bright, the mountains unfurling outside the windows. Sitting by the window were Zhou Hongbin and Xu Jiyou, retired employees of the Chengdu Railway Bureau's Guiyang Service Section. Learning that Guizhou's last prefecture-level city had finally entered the high-speed rail era, the couple—who had just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary—insisted on riding the first train. For them, this journey was more than a ride, it felt like a meaningful closure to the decades they had devoted to China's railways.
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1973年冬天的乌蒙高原格外寒冷。泥泞的道路被冻得发亮，水管里一滴水也流不出。年轻的许继友牵着新婚妻子周洪滨，从家属区往工务段修配所走去。两人一步三滑，刚走出不远，周洪滨突然“呲溜”倒在冰上，又顺势把丈夫拽倒。两人在寒风里笑着重新站起，继续往前走。
In the winter of 1973, the roads in the Wumeng Mountains were frozen solid and the taps ran dry. Young Xu Jiyou held the hand of his new wife, Zhou Hongbin, as they made their way from the family quarters to the railway repair shop. They slipped more than once on the icy path. At one point, Zhou fell and accidentally pulled Xu down with her. They laughed, stood up in the biting wind, and kept walking.
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这是两位老人数十年铁路生涯中普通一天的开始。
It was just another ordinary morning in their long life on the railway.
周洪滨与许继友的家庭，从父辈起就把人生交给了中国的铁路建设。周洪滨的父亲1955年从哈尔滨铁路局来到西南参与成渝铁路建设，许继友的父亲1958年从济南铁路局调来贵州参加三线铁路工程建设。那一代人选择在群山深处扎根，也把这份使命感传给了下一代。
Both came from families devoted to China’s railways. Zhou’s father left Harbin in 1955 to help build the Chengdu–Chongqing line. Xu’s father was transferred from Jinan to Guizhou in 1958 as part of the nationwide "Third Front" industrial campaign. That generation chose to root themselves in the mountains—and passed that commitment to their children.
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两位老人回忆自己的工作时，用了一句“我们是一步一步看着铁路发展起来的”来总结。他们完整地经历了从蒸汽机车到内燃机车，到电气机车再到高铁动车的贵州铁路发展史。路网从狭窄走向扩大，车速从缓慢走向快捷，工作环境也逐渐改善。周洪滨常说：“简直像做梦一样。”这不是感叹，而是几十年在岗位上的亲眼所见。
Looking back, Zhou and Xu sum up their careers simply: “We watched the railway grow, step by step.” They lived through every transition—from steam to diesel to electric, and finally to high-speed trains. Tracks extended, speeds increased, and working conditions improved. "It feels like a dream," Zhou often says, recalling the changes they witnessed firsthand.
他们的女儿丫丫后来也选择了铁路工作。丫丫第一次参加春运值乘时发着高烧，她想请假，却被母亲拒绝：“我们工作几十年都没请过假。”那次，她在高烧中疏通堵塞的卫生间，在站岗时收到旅客送来的饮料和八宝粥，在《旅客留言簿》看到自己的名字。那一刻，她真正体会了家里传承的那种朴素的铁路精神。
Their daughter, Yaya, later joined the railway as well. During her first Spring Festival travel rush, she worked through a fever, hoping to take sick leave. Her mother refused: "We worked for decades and never asked for leave." That day, Yaya unclogged a restroom while burning up, received porridge from grateful passengers, and found her name written in the "Passenger Message Book." Only then did she fully understand the quiet, persistent spirit that shaped her family.
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十几年前，周洪滨与许继友也曾到兴义旅游。但那时交通不便，从贵阳出发要大半天，到了景点只能匆匆一瞥，又赶着往回走，到家已是深夜。周洪滨说，当年那次旅程“太赶、太累”，她记得兴义很美，却记不清具体看到了什么。
More than ten years ago, Zhou and Xu visited Xingyi as tourists. Before high-speed trains, the trip from Guiyang took most of the day. They rushed from one place to another and returned home late at night, exhausted. Zhou remembers Xingyi was beautiful, but the details have faded. "It was too rushed, too tiring," she said.
如今，当他们坐上盘兴高铁首发列车，看着窗外的山和云层在眼前快速推移，心里涌出的，是几十年的坚持被时代兑现的踏实感。盘兴高铁让曾经需要大半天的路程缩短到约两个小时，而这样的改变对于一辈子在铁路上工作的他们而言，并不是“新鲜”，而是一种“实现”。它实现了铁路人对贵州交通的期盼，也实现了他们对这座省份未来的想象。过去想去兴义，只能匆匆赶路，现在，他们终于能从容地坐下来看看沿途山水，安静地感受列车穿山越岭的速度。
As they sat aboard the inaugural Panzhou–Xingyi high-speed train, watching mountains and clouds glide swiftly past the window, what rose in their hearts was a quiet sense of fulfillment — the feeling that decades of perseverance had finally been answered by the times. The journey that once took more than half a day now takes just about two hours. For a couple who spent their whole lives working on the railway, such a change is not a "novelty," but a long-awaited "realization." It reflects the hopes generations of railway workers held for Guizhou's transportation, and the future they always believed the province would one day embrace. In the past, a trip to Xingyi meant rushing and exhaustion, now, they can finally sit back, take in the scenery, and simply enjoy the train as it weaves through the mountains.
周洪滨说：“贵州山美水美，人更美。我希望全国人民、全世界的人都能来看看我们贵州。”盘兴高铁让这个愿望变得更加具体而可触。万峰林、万峰湖、马岭河峡谷……那些曾被山高路远阻隔的地方，正在通过一条条铁轨向世界敞开。
“Guizhou has beautiful mountains, beautiful waters, and beautiful people. I hope people from all over the country — and the world — can come see our Guizhou,” Zhou Hongbin said. The new railway makes that wish more tangible. Wanfenglin, Wanfeng Lake, the Maling River Canyon—places once held back by difficult roads—are now opening up to the world along these tracks.
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奔驰的列车和笔直的铁轨早已成为周洪滨与许继友生命里的底色，而盘兴高铁的开通，则像是在他们晚年时轻轻亮起的一盏灯，完成了他们付出一生用铁路联结整个贵州的夙愿。它让他们看到贵州的变化，也让他们觉得，自己几十年的坚守确实与这片土地一起向前走了。对旁人来说，高铁是一种速度；对他们来说，是一生心血被时代温柔地接住的那一刻。
Trains and tracks have framed Zhou and Xu’s entire lives. The opening of the Panzhou–Xingyi High-Speed Railway is like a gentle light turned on in their later years—an affirmation that their decades of work helped carry Guizhou into a new era. For most people, high-speed rail means convenience. For them, it is the moment when a lifetime of dedication meets the kindness of progress.
两位老人骄傲而仔细地展示着手里的首发车票。周洪滨小心地把车票放进包里：“这张车票太宝贵了，我们一定要珍藏好，作为传家宝保存下来。
”Proudly, they held their inaugural train tickets. Zhou carefully slipped hers into her bag. "This ticket is precious," she said. "We'll keep it forever—our family’s heirloom."
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