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Model Railroad Operations: Caboose Operations

By Angela Cotey | December 20, 2015

| Last updated on December 1, 2020

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The extensive legacy of Contributing Editor Andy Sperandeo continues in his final episode of this series. In this MRVP exclusive video, he imparts information about the prototype, before demonstrating how to perform specific caboose movements on a model railroad of any size or scale.

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