Ｃａｒｅ　Ｆｏｒ　Ｑｉｎｇｈａｉ－Ｔｉｂｅｔ　Ｒａｉｌｗａｙ　Ｂｕｉｌｄｅｒｓ.docVIP

Ｃａｒｅ　Ｆｏｒ　Ｑｉｎｇｈａｉ－Ｔｉｂｅｔ　Ｒａｉｌｗａｙ　Ｂｕｉｌｄｅｒｓ 　　The Golmud-Lhasa section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, extending 1,118 km and lying at an average elevation of some 3,000 meters above sea level, includes a 965 km section at 4,000 meters and a 140 km part at 5,000 meters. The highest railway bed, found in the Tanggula Mountain Pass, is 5,072 meters above sea level. The oxygen content in the air is 38-46 percent less than in the plains. Scarcity of oxygen and low atmospheric pressure affects human health and working ability, causing low working efficiency in both the workers as well as various machines operated by internal combustion engines. 　　 　　 　　Lack of oxygen can cause dizziness, headaches, nausea and vomiting, nervousness and fidgeting, breathlessness, anorexia, insomnia and physical weakness. Severe lack of oxygen can easily cause high altitude hydrocephalus fatal to the human body. 　　 　　The coldest temperature experienced along the line is 43 degrees centigrade below zero. The biggest difference in temperature within one day can be as much as 30 degrees. A severe change of temperature can easily cause colds. This indisposition which is a common scene in the hinterland is an important encouragement for a disease called lung dropsy, which is grimly nicknamed the plateau killer. 　　 　　The average yearly relative humidity is only about 50 percent, while the fastest wind speed can reach above 30 meters/second. A severe dry and strong windy climate rapidly evaporates the body fluids. Because of this, peoples blood becomes viscid, causing diseases of the blood vessels in the heart and brain. 　　 　　Daytime radiation and ultraviolet radiation is 1.5 to 2.5 times greater than at sea level. Because of this, workers skin easily burns, causing symptoms like desquamate and blisters; exposure to ultraviolet radiation can induce snow blindness. 　　 　　There are also possibilities of infections like pestis running through the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. 　　 　　Considering all the