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That's called superelevation, or in layman's terms, banking. It can be successfully modelled for a great effect, but it has to be extremely subtle as to not disrupt the passage of trains. On models, it is mostly just for effect, because our little trains just don't have the mass to require it. At my club, the curve out of the yard has thin electrical wire placed under the outside rail to slightly superelevate it; it makes the trains look better, but I haven't noticed any appreciable operating improvement. I think that if you have large curves that trains will go over relatively fast, then it's worth putting in. There was an article in MR on this subject a few years ago.
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