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Hmmm.... When you are going uphill, with a long train on a tight curve, there is a tendency for the cars to try and make a straight line between the loco and the caboose (or somewhere near the back of the train...). This is increased by having really heavy cars at the back of the train that act as a kind of "anchor". How much is your track superelevated? I have read (no experience with this yet, as I will not need to superelevate) that you don't want to superelevate more than the thickness of a few business cards. If the track is noticably tilted over, then you have overdone it. I have had to shim the track here and there to get it level, but that is about it. One other possible solution is to do what the prototype does - put some sort of operating restriction on that part of the track! Something like a speed limit, or a maximum number of cars, or a helper/pusher to be added to the end of the train. Andrew
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