diff --git a/application/editormode.cpp b/application/editormode.cpp
index bd3000a2..ac6e48a1 100644
--- a/application/editormode.cpp
+++ b/application/editormode.cpp
@@ -2907,6 +2907,7 @@ bool editor_mode::save()
     if (m_profile.changed)
         profile_store();
     switch_store::tidy();
+    switch_store::settle();
     infra_store();
     if (false == m_saved_camera.has_value() || glm::distance(m_saved_camera->first, glm::dvec3{Camera.Pos}) > 0.5 || glm::distance(m_saved_camera->second, glm::vec3{Camera.Angle}) > 0.01f)
     {
diff --git a/application/editormode.h b/application/editormode.h
index 9b3e8c7b..1c643f32 100644
--- a/application/editormode.h
+++ b/application/editormode.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 #include "editor/editorOrthophoto.hpp"
 #include "editor/editorTrack.hpp"
 #include "editor/editorAlignment.hpp"
+#include "editor/editorAlignmentStore.hpp"
+#include "editor/editorSwitchStore.hpp"
 #include "editor/editorSpeed.hpp"
 #include "editor/editorRoad.hpp"
 #include "editor/editorProfile.hpp"
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ class editor_mode : public application_mode, private editor_track::observer
 		std::vector<infra::object_state> infra; // objects which followed the paths
 		bool profiles{false}; // the stored grade line designs changed too, these were the ones before
 		std::vector<stored_profile> profile_library;
+		std::optional<std::vector<alignment_store::record>> alignments; // the kept horizontal alignments changed too, these were the ones before
+		std::optional<std::vector<switch_store::record>> switch_records; // the kept switches changed too, these were the ones before
 		std::vector<array_copy> copies; // models an array added to the one it was made of
 		bool joined{false}; // undone and redone together with the change before it
 		std::shared_ptr<terrain_streamer::change const> terrain; // the heightmap terrain from before the change (Action::Terrain)
@@ -630,6 +634,8 @@ class editor_mode : public application_mode, private editor_track::observer
 	static bool tracks_editable(std::vector<TTrack *> const &Tracks, std::string &Reason);
 	void trim_history();
 	void restore_track_snapshot(EditorSnapshot const &Snapshot, std::vector<EditorSnapshot> &Opposite, bool const Undo);
+	// changes of the kept alignments and switches go into the last step of the history, made just before them
+	void records_to_history();
 	editor_track::point_ref m_track_point;
 	std::vector<TTrack *> m_track_drag;
 	std::vector<std::pair<TTrack *, editor_track::point_ref>> m_track_drag_points;
diff --git a/application/editormodeselftest.cpp b/application/editormodeselftest.cpp
index dd6622b7..c034e51b 100644
--- a/application/editormodeselftest.cpp
+++ b/application/editormodeselftest.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 //   switchplace <template> <x> <z> <direction> <side>   the catalogue template whose label starts so put into the straight
 //                                        nearest the point, or into the curve (switchcurve); slipplace <template> <x> <z>
 //   switches                             logs the switches kept in the scenery and the speed of each diverging track
+//   deletetrack <name>, deletekind <kind>   the path deleted as Del does it, or the first path over an element of the kind
 //   btfcheck <terrain file>              the .txtf converted to .btf, the editor lines the binary file keeps logged
 //   screenshot
 //   save
@@ -1199,6 +1200,36 @@ void editor_mode::selftest_step()
 			}
 			WriteLog("SELFTEST " + command + ": " + tool.status + " " + m_straights.status);
 		}
+		else if (command == "deletetrack" || command == "deletekind")
+		{
+			std::string name;
+			words >> name;
+			TTrack *chosen{nullptr};
+			if (command == "deletetrack")
+				chosen = simulation::Paths.find(name);
+			else
+				for (auto *track : simulation::Paths.sequence())
+				{
+					if (track == nullptr || track->m_editorremoved || track->eType != tt_Normal || track->m_paths.empty())
+						continue;
+					auto const found{alignment_store::on_track(*track)};
+					if (found.has_value() && alignment_store::describe(alignment_store::records()[found->record].result.elements[found->element]).kind == name)
+					{
+						chosen = track;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			if (chosen == nullptr || chosen->m_editorremoved)
+			{
+				WriteLog("SELFTEST " + command + ": no path " + name);
+				continue;
+			}
+			m_node = chosen;
+			ui()->set_node(m_node);
+			auto const deleted{chosen->name()};
+			delete_selected_track();
+			WriteLog("SELFTEST " + command + ": " + deleted + " deleted");
+		}
 		else if (command == "btfcheck")
 		{
 			std::string name;
diff --git a/application/editormodetrack.cpp b/application/editormodetrack.cpp
index f5f02420..be970a92 100644
--- a/application/editormodetrack.cpp
+++ b/application/editormodetrack.cpp
@@ -1233,10 +1233,25 @@ void editor_mode::push_track_snapshot(std::vector<std::pair<TTrack *, editor_tra
 	snap.created = std::move(Created);
 	snap.removed = std::move(Removed);
 	infra_attach(snap);
+	snap.alignments = alignment_store::take_changes();
+	snap.switch_records = switch_store::take_changes();
 	m_history.push_back(std::move(snap));
 	g_redo.clear();
 }
 
+void editor_mode::records_to_history()
+{
+	auto alignments{alignment_store::take_changes()};
+	auto switches{switch_store::take_changes()};
+	if (m_history.empty() || m_history.back().action != EditorSnapshot::Action::TrackEdit)
+		return;
+	auto &last{m_history.back()};
+	if (alignments.has_value() && false == last.alignments.has_value())
+		last.alignments = std::move(alignments);
+	if (switches.has_value() && false == last.switch_records.has_value())
+		last.switch_records = std::move(switches);
+}
+
 bool editor_mode::tracks_editable(std::vector<TTrack *> const &Tracks, std::string &Reason)
 {
 	for (auto const *track : Tracks)
@@ -1282,6 +1297,18 @@ void editor_mode::restore_track_snapshot(EditorSnapshot const &Snapshot, std::ve
 		m_profiles = Snapshot.profile_library;
 		profile_library_mark(std::move(layers));
 	}
+	alignment_store::settle();
+	switch_store::settle();
+	if (Snapshot.alignments.has_value())
+	{
+		current.alignments = alignment_store::records();
+		alignment_store::restore(*Snapshot.alignments);
+	}
+	if (Snapshot.switch_records.has_value())
+	{
+		current.switch_records = switch_store::records();
+		switch_store::restore(*Snapshot.switch_records);
+	}
 	Opposite.push_back(std::move(current));
 
 	if (Undo)
@@ -1835,6 +1862,7 @@ void editor_mode::render_turnout_ui()
 		editor_track::follow(*track, following);
 		editor_track::commit(changed);
 		record_switch(*track, Template);
+		records_to_history();
 		if (false == loose.empty())
 			ui()->set_status(STR_C("Too far from the new ends of the switch, left unjoined: ") + loose, true);
 	};
@@ -2552,6 +2580,7 @@ void editor_mode::render_route_stored()
 	if (ImGui::SmallButton(STR_C("Forget the kept design")))
 	{
 		alignment_store::forget(route.departed);
+		alignment_store::settle();
 		route.departed = -1;
 		route.status = STR_C("The kept design will be removed from ") + layer + STR_C(" on save");
 	}
@@ -2711,6 +2740,7 @@ void editor_mode::route_apply()
 		route_update();
 	}
 	route_store();
+	records_to_history();
 	route.status = STR_C("Re-laid ") + std::to_string(chain.tracks.size()) + STR_C(" paths") + (added > 0 ? STR_C(", added ") + std::to_string(added) : std::string{});
 	if (startextension > 0.0 || endextension > 0.0)
 		route.status += format(", the curve took over %.2f / %.2f m of the adjoining straights", startextension, endextension);
@@ -4313,6 +4343,8 @@ void editor_mode::delete_selected_track()
 		return;
 	}
 	// retired first, so the infrastructure it carried and moves elsewhere is in the same undo step
+	if (auto const known{switch_store::of(*track)})
+		switch_store::forget(known->name);
 	editor_track::retire(*track);
 	// a switch leaves its main track behind, so the line isn't broken, unless Shift asks for all of it
 	std::vector<TTrack *> created;
@@ -6265,7 +6297,10 @@ void editor_mode::render_switch_record(TTrack &Track)
 	item_tooltip("Chainage of the start of the switch; taken from the horizontal alignment kept in the scenery when the switch lies on one");
 	ImGui::PopItemWidth();
 	if (changed)
+	{
 		switch_store::put(entry, entry.layer);
+		switch_store::settle();
+	}
 }
 
 void editor_mode::switch_placed(std::vector<TTrack *> const &Created)
diff --git a/editor/editorAlignmentStore.cpp b/editor/editorAlignmentStore.cpp
index 64cc86f7..c45d21f2 100644
--- a/editor/editorAlignmentStore.cpp
+++ b/editor/editorAlignmentStore.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ std::string const kMark{"//$h"};
 double const kStep{1.0};
 
 std::vector<record> g_records;
+std::vector<record> g_base; // as they were before the changes not yet in the undo history
+bool g_changed{false};
 bool g_loaded{false};
 
 // format of the lines, coordinates in the space of the file:
@@ -257,6 +259,8 @@ stored_element describe(alignment::element const &Element)
 void reset()
 {
 	g_records.clear();
+	g_base.clear();
+	g_changed = false;
 	g_loaded = false;
 }
 
@@ -363,6 +367,8 @@ void load()
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	g_base = g_records;
+	g_changed = false;
 	if (false == g_records.empty())
 		WriteLog("Editor: " + std::to_string(g_records.size()) + " horizontal alignment(s) read from the scenery", logtype::generic);
 }
@@ -585,6 +591,7 @@ int store(alignment::design const &Design, alignment::result const &Result, doub
 		g_records.push_back(std::move(entry));
 		index = static_cast<int>(g_records.size()) - 1;
 	}
+	g_changed = true;
 	mark(g_records[index].layer);
 	return index;
 }
@@ -596,6 +603,7 @@ void forget(int const Index)
 		return;
 	auto const layer{g_records[Index].layer};
 	g_records.erase(g_records.begin() + Index);
+	g_changed = true;
 	mark(layer);
 }
 
@@ -607,4 +615,32 @@ std::optional<double> chainage_at(glm::dvec3 const &Point)
 	return g_records[found->record].origin + found->chainage;
 }
 
+std::optional<std::vector<record>> take_changes()
+{
+	if (false == g_changed)
+		return std::nullopt;
+	auto before{std::move(g_base)};
+	g_base = g_records;
+	g_changed = false;
+	return before;
+}
+
+void settle()
+{
+	g_base = g_records;
+	g_changed = false;
+}
+
+void restore(std::vector<record> Records)
+{
+	std::set<scene::layer_handle> layers;
+	for (auto const *list : {&g_records, &Records})
+		for (auto const &entry : *list)
+			layers.insert(entry.layer);
+	g_records = std::move(Records);
+	for (auto const layer : layers)
+		mark(layer);
+	settle();
+}
+
 } // namespace alignment_store
diff --git a/editor/editorAlignmentStore.hpp b/editor/editorAlignmentStore.hpp
index 1392f9d1..55fb189e 100644
--- a/editor/editorAlignmentStore.hpp
+++ b/editor/editorAlignmentStore.hpp
@@ -87,5 +87,11 @@ int store(alignment::design const &Design, alignment::result const &Result, doub
 void forget(int const Index);
 // km of the point on the stored alignments, if it lies on one
 std::optional<double> chainage_at(glm::dvec3 const &Point);
+// the records as they were before the changes made since the last call, if there were any; the current ones become the base
+std::optional<std::vector<record>> take_changes();
+// the current records become the base, the changes made so far aren't a part of the undo history
+void settle();
+// puts the records back as they were, for undo and redo
+void restore(std::vector<record> Records);
 
 } // namespace alignment_store
diff --git a/editor/editorSwitchStore.cpp b/editor/editorSwitchStore.cpp
index d2dd3b16..2db7ec62 100644
--- a/editor/editorSwitchStore.cpp
+++ b/editor/editorSwitchStore.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ std::string const kMark{"//$r"};
 double const kTolerance{0.02};
 
 std::vector<record> g_records;
+std::vector<record> g_base; // as they were before the changes not yet in the undo history
+bool g_changed{false};
 bool g_loaded{false};
 
 // format of the lines, coordinates in the space of the file:
@@ -100,6 +102,8 @@ void mark(scene::layer_handle const Layer)
 void reset()
 {
 	g_records.clear();
+	g_base.clear();
+	g_changed = false;
 	g_loaded = false;
 }
 
@@ -143,6 +147,8 @@ void load()
 			g_records.push_back(std::move(entry));
 		}
 	}
+	g_base = g_records;
+	g_changed = false;
 	if (false == g_records.empty())
 		WriteLog("Editor: " + std::to_string(g_records.size()) + " switch record(s) read from the scenery", logtype::generic);
 }
@@ -189,11 +195,13 @@ void put(record Entry, scene::layer_handle const Layer)
 		if (Entry.number == "-")
 			Entry.number = existing->number;
 		*existing = std::move(Entry);
+		g_changed = true;
 		mark(existing->layer);
 		return;
 	}
 	Entry.layer = Layer;
 	g_records.push_back(std::move(Entry));
+	g_changed = true;
 	mark(g_records.back().layer);
 }
 
@@ -204,7 +212,9 @@ void forget(std::string const &Name)
 	for (auto const &entry : g_records)
 		if (entry.name == Name)
 			layers.insert(entry.layer);
+	auto const count{g_records.size()};
 	g_records.erase(std::remove_if(g_records.begin(), g_records.end(), [&](record const &Entry) { return Entry.name == Name; }), g_records.end());
+	g_changed = g_changed || g_records.size() != count;
 	for (auto const layer : layers)
 		mark(layer);
 }
@@ -234,6 +244,7 @@ void tidy()
 	g_records.erase(std::remove_if(g_records.begin(), g_records.end(), gone), g_records.end());
 	for (auto const layer : layers)
 		mark(layer);
+	g_changed = g_changed || false == layers.empty();
 }
 
 std::string label(record const &Record)
@@ -254,4 +265,32 @@ std::string label(record const &Record)
 	return text;
 }
 
+std::optional<std::vector<record>> take_changes()
+{
+	if (false == g_changed)
+		return std::nullopt;
+	auto before{std::move(g_base)};
+	g_base = g_records;
+	g_changed = false;
+	return before;
+}
+
+void settle()
+{
+	g_base = g_records;
+	g_changed = false;
+}
+
+void restore(std::vector<record> Records)
+{
+	std::set<scene::layer_handle> layers;
+	for (auto const *list : {&g_records, &Records})
+		for (auto const &entry : *list)
+			layers.insert(entry.layer);
+	g_records = std::move(Records);
+	for (auto const layer : layers)
+		mark(layer);
+	settle();
+}
+
 } // namespace switch_store
diff --git a/editor/editorSwitchStore.hpp b/editor/editorSwitchStore.hpp
index 57456a1e..83d8c098 100644
--- a/editor/editorSwitchStore.hpp
+++ b/editor/editorSwitchStore.hpp
@@ -57,5 +57,11 @@ void forget(std::string const &Name);
 void tidy();
 // "Rz 60E1-500-1:12 L", as the type is written on the lists of the switches
 std::string label(record const &Record);
+// the records as they were before the changes made since the last call, if there were any; the current ones become the base
+std::optional<std::vector<record>> take_changes();
+// the current records become the base, the changes made so far aren't a part of the undo history
+void settle();
+// puts the records back as they were, for undo and redo
+void restore(std::vector<record> Records);
 
 } // namespace switch_store