Lionel 101 bridge

I don't have an answer for your question concerning original track but I can offer some thoughts on the pin issue.  In my case the bridge came without track so I had to provide it.  The "modern" -as in ca 1970's Lionel track - did not have the correct tie spacing so I had to make those adjustments first.  While doing this I realized the easiest way to bend the pins was to remove the pins from the straight piece on the bridge so there were no pins at either end.  I took a single pin and experimented with bending (bend a little, check fit, bend some more, check again, etc.) until I found the correct bend.  Once I had this I bent 5 more pins to match and inserted them in the straight piece on the bridge - this kept all of the bent pins in a single piece of track - obviously I had to adjust the tie spacing on the other two pieces of modern track but I didn't have to do anything with their pins.

Thanks for the input; it confirms my thought of pulling the pins and bending them before reinserting them. Did you need to bend additional pins for the sections connecting at the base of the ramps?