最近，江泽民总书记在考察铁路工作时，欣然题词：“发扬新时期火车头精神，为国民经济发展当好先行”。这一题词既是关怀，亦是希望；既是教诲，亦是寄托。我们要深刻领会江总书记的这一重要指示精神，关键就在于实践。随着第四次提速调试的成功，铁路的改革与发展迈入了一个 Recently, General Secretary Jiang Zemin inspected the work of the railway when he was pleased with the inscription: “Carry forward the spirit of the locomotive of the new era and be a good first step for the development of the national economy.” This inscription is both a caring and a hope; it is both a teaching and a sustenance. The key to our understanding of this important directive by General Secretary Jiang is to practice. With the success of the fourth accelerated commissioning, the reform and development of the railway entered one