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Premier Su Tseng-chang boards locomotive at Changhua Roundhouse, fulfilling a childhood dream

Premier Su Tseng-chang boards locomotive at Changhua Roundhouse, fulfilling a childhood dream

2022-12-04

The Changhua Roundhouse, the only surviving railway roundhouse in Taiwan, marked its centennial on Sunday. At the celebrations, Premier Su Tseng-chang was able to fulfill a childhood dream. Let’s find out what it was.

Su Tseng-chang
Premier
I grew up taking the train. After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, I always took the train when I went up to Taipei for my studies. The sound of the whistle, the sound of puffing steam, and the smell of burning coal make up the feelings of homesickness. This CK124 train is 11 years older than me. So, in a minute, I will have the honor to climb up into the deputy driver’s cab and sit there and pull the whistle. Wow! this has been my childhood dream.

Premier Su pulled the whistle again and again with a smile on his face, waving frequently in exaltation. Still operational, the Changhua Roundhouse is a designated national historic site, which marked the junction of the mountain and the coastal lines after the latter’s opening in 1922. The roundhouse played the important role of operating track changes and steering the trains. As site marked its 100th anniversary, Premier Su urged the Taiwan Railways Administration to engage in vigorous reforms and not dash the expectations of the people.

扇形車庫啟用一世紀 蘇貞昌圓夢"拉汽笛"

2022-12-04

4日上午,台鐵局舉辦「彰化扇形車庫一世紀」慶祝活動,也讓前來參加盛會的行政院長蘇貞昌圓了一個年少時的夢想,一起來一探究竟。

[[行政院長 蘇貞昌]]
“我是搭著火車長大的,從屏東高中畢業,要到台北讀書,都是坐著火車,那個汽笛聲,那個蒸氣的聲音,以及聞到燒煤的味道,就是思鄉的感情。這CK124火車頭,比我還大11歲,所以等一下,我有榮幸爬到那個副司機室,去坐在那裡,拉那個汽笛,哇,這是我從小的夢想”

蘇院長滿臉笑意的將汽笛一拉再拉,頻頻比讚、揮揮手。彰化扇形車庫是國定古蹟,也是海線鐵路通車後,山線和海線的交界處,負責換軌和轉向的重要任務,如今已經啟用滿一百年了,行政院長蘇貞昌也指示台鐵,要努力改革,別辜負國人的期待。

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