PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Separately applied smoke jack and brake wheel

• Fine end handrails and ladders

• Barber-Bettendorf Swing Motion caboose truck per prototype

• Clear Windows

• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours

• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Weighted for optimum performance

• Fully-assembled and ready to run

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Painted and printed for realistic decoration

• Minimum radius: 15”