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There was a post on here a while back. Don't remember who posted but the guy took a short block of 2X4 ran it over the rails to mark the top of the wood. Then he ran the block through the table saw to cut the three grooves. He laid the block on the rails and worked it up and down the length of track gently bending it as he went. His results were perfect.

A template of the finished curve you want would help as a guide.

Good luck.

It depends upon how tight you're trying to bend it. For a slight offset, put a couple of track screws at one end and then gently move the far end of the track to your desired position. One or two track screws will hold the track in place. For a curve, I hold the track on each end and just bend it with my torso until I get the shape I want. 

In either case, you'll want to cut the end(s) square when you're done. Bending will leave you with one rail sticking out more than the others. Since I have an 072 minimum, I do keep a sectional 072 curve handy to ensure that I have not overdone the bending.

Personally, I think the random appearance of hand formed track looks more realistic. I especially like the flexibility of being able to just go from "here" to "there" to make things fit.

A friend of mine made a template with the major curves out of plywood and glued them together to form a track bender.  It's accurate and at least get the bending started so you can have cleaner curves when the track screws down.  It's almost like a flat football.  Pretty slick.  Reminds me that I need to get it back to him.  It's in my storage unit .... oops!  Sorry Dallas!

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