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My rails have been damaged, how can I straighten them?
Fortunately, incidents where track gets damaged after installation are relatively rare, but spare track, and track awaiting installation, is another matter, and if not stored carefully, can often get bent or misshapen. But is there anything that can be done to save it?
Sadly, once track has been bent, the affected area is pretty much a write-off. Slight bends can be manipulated back into some form of operational status, but more serious kinks will likely need replacing, especially as the rails often become separated from the sleeper chairs when bent.
The best advice is to either salvage what parts of the track you can by cutting out the affected area or put it to one side for use in an old siding at a later date. You could even chop it up and use it to represent trackside clutter after engineering works.
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