PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION:

Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provided shelter for crew at the end of the train. The cupola, which projected above the roof, provided an elevated location for the conductor and rear brakeman to observe their train. They would be on the lookout for overheating wheel bearing’s, shifting loads, damaged equipment and derailing cars.

MODEL FEATURES:

• Fine end handrails and ladders

• Clear windows

• Barber or Bettendorf Swing Motion caboose truck per prototype

• Separately applied smoke jack and brake wheel

• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body

• Machined metal wheels

• Weighted for optimum performance

• Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track

• Painted and printed for realistic decoration

• Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers

• Minimum radius: 15”

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