MODEL FEATURES:
- Fully-assembled and ready for your layout
- Wire truss rods (as appropriate)
- Clear window glazing
- McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
- Razor-sharp painting and printing
- Machined RP25 profile 33" metal wheels
- McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
- Appropriate to each prototype: Detailed Arch bar or Bettendorf trucks with brake shoe detail
- Simulated wood sheathing
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.
