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36 ft Cupola Caboose

36 ft Cupola Caboose

HO Rolling Stock drawer

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$33.49

A thirty-six foot cupola caboose, the classic roof-box crew car for a steam era train.

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On the bench

The cupola caboose is the shape everyone draws when they draw the end of a train: a short car with a raised box on the roof where the crew sat to watch for hot boxes and shifting loads. If your layout runs steam or early diesel, this is the correct choice, and it is the more characterful of the two caboose types by a wide margin.

How it behaves in a build

Thirty-six feet keeps it proportionate behind a small locomotive, which matters since many layouts pair a caboose with a switcher rather than a road engine. Metal content provides rolling stability, painted lettering and exterior detail match the rest of the shelf, and couplers are fitted. Put it behind the Mogul and you have a complete, period correct short freight in two purchases.

Fit and compatibility

HO 1:87 scale, standard gauge, with couplers matched to the other cars here.

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