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I don't usually bother weighting my cars - haven't had any trouble. The only ones I bother to add ballast to are double-stack container cars - I use a slab of lead in the bottom of each lower container. This improves running and also reduces wobbling! <br /> <br />I've run into an interesting problem with a lack of haulage capacity in my locos as a result of this however. I suspect that 2 5-unit double stacks, one 3 car drawbar double-stack, two walthers 5-unit spine cars and an Athearn Impack may be about the limit for a pair of Athearn Dash-9/AC4400s. Am i right in assuming that this is a far shorter train than prototype examples?
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