Comments on: Footplate Blowbacks http://everythinggwr.com/2012/07/footplate-blowbacks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=footplate-blowbacks Celebrating the Great Western Railway from 1835 to now Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Geoff http://everythinggwr.com/2012/07/footplate-blowbacks/#comment-210 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:09:02 +0000 http://everythinggwr.com/?p=756#comment-210 Firedoors should be adjusted to give the optimum mix of primary and seconday air.

As a fireman, you should know where the driver will shut off so you can either kick the doors shut, or adjust blower.

If the blower is next to the driver, he will normally open it if he shuts the regularor unexpectedly

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