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[e-paw]

I resumed work on the bridge (DH draw) yesterday. I started adding the bottom to the bridge. My first idea was to use brass stock for the decking for strength, but after my load test ( up to 6 pounds ) I realised that It's not necessary and would just add extra weight. So I went back to the Central Vally girders that the rest of the structure is built from. To insure a good glue bond, I sanded some of the primmer away where the new parts met the old ones.     this shows all the cross braces in place on the lift section.

In this one I have started on the tower section that will cross over the PRR trackage.     It's two bottom sections of the through truss bridge that I used earlier on the tower spliced together. when these two are dry, I'll get to some more bracing.