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Adding weight to car will often cure a derailment problem but I've found that good track alignment and and attention coupler swing and back to back wheel set gauge as per the NMRA standard gauge cures most any derailment problem regardless of the weight of the car. In my opinion "lighter is better" I run 20+ car trains on my narrow gauge layout with 3% grades and no problems. If my cars were weighted to NMRA standards I'm limited to about 5 cars. Sometimes..."ya gotta bend the rules". Also if by chance you are using horn hook type couplers convert to Kadees. Horn hooks don't have enough swing and cause deraiments. Hope this helped... Take Care...Vic
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