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It sounds like you have some bad track. You might want to check the switches themselves. Sometimes some filing of the points will help. If these cars run fine on the rest of your layout, then you have a bad spot in your track. Look at ALL your joints and switches, and file down any sharp edges. If that fails, get an NMRA track gauge, and check the rail spacing. Also, your wheelsets on the car might be out of gauge. This is easy to fix, just get the aforementioned NMRA gauge, and adjust the wheels by twisting and turning them on the axle. (This is assuming that you have trucks with plastic wheels and steel axles). If you have solid molded wheel/axles like some "train-set" equipment, you'll have to replace the whole running gear on those cars. <br /> As for adding weight to the cars, I'd suggest removing the "dome" from the tank car, drilling a 1/2 inch hole in the top and adding BB's, then setting them in place with some "Elmers" type glue. Don't put more than a few ounces of BB's in though, you don't want the cars to be "top-heavy". <br /> Todd C.
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