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Brian, use a small tool like a screw driver, and gently tap at the end of a rail joiner, sliding it back just past one rail, then slide the one on the other rail back as well. Gently pry up the track nails, and remove them for now. lift the loose track section up just enough to clear the other track section, and slip this section out of the joiners at the other end. One or both may come off with this section, its OK. Remove the metal joiner and replace with a plastic one. Slide the two joiners at the other end back onto this section. (Because some plastic joiners have a gap plug in the center to prevent shorts), slide the plastic joiners on this section of track, onto the bridge track first, and lay the section back down flat onto the roadbed where it was. Align the metal joiners with the other track on the layout, and slide them in place. Replace the track nails and you are done. You only had to remove one section of track. See?
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