[Weter]

Hello.
I mean, have I add second blowdown FX (mirrored to the left), flip existent one, or leave it alone as is?

[timmuir]

Oh. - yes. There was one on each side.

Thanks.

[timmuir]

Weter, on 20 March 2023 - 06:36 PM, said:

Blowing down on both always simultaneously?

I'm not sure; but probably not, being that each side had it's own control.

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Hope you are safe and doing well.

[SVRy_Steve]

Finding a safe place to blow down the boiler on one side at a time would be hard enough! You could do some real damage to houses close to the track, to say nothing of people!

[Weter]

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to say nothing of people!

See movie "top of the world"

Here this operation is called "everlasting" for some reason, not yet clear to me.

Wow, Tim! Each digit has its own cell!

Bad news: ORTS currently offers only one blowdown control, AFAIK, so I propose to leave FX location on the right (field) side.
However, as with compressor FX, we can write both variants, then comment-out one (e.g. left-sided one).

[timmuir]

Wow, Tim! Each digit has its own cell!

Here's a 1912 magazine article about the why of glass numeral covers.

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One blow down will have to suffice, until we get two ;)

[Weter]

How interesting! And arc window again,

[timmuir]

The article mentions the glass numbers used on way cars, too.

here's photo of a 1909 scene, I picked up on ebay which clearly shows these "storm windows" on the sides of two "crummies".

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[Weter]

I see stop-valve, attached to the rear brake hose.

[SVRy_Steve]

That may be attached to an air whistle (peanut whistle) for warnings while backing. On long backup movements a brakeman will be blowing it for crossings and other warnings. Otherwise, it is there to dump the air for an emergency stop.