Apparatus for straightening rail car handhold safety appliances

An apparatus for straightening rail car handhold safety appliances comprising:

• a handle;
• a body having opposite sides attached to one end of said handle, said body having a multiplicity of open ended c-hooks, said c-hooks being open-ended in a direction of said handle and each of said c-hooks being releaseably engageable with a rail car handhold safety appliance;
• and
• a plurality of rollers attached to said body on said opposite sides thereof, whereby said rollers are in contact with an outer wall of a railcar when a c-hook engages said rail car handhold safety appliance.