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The advice is right - I've built all three types of Athearn caboose and found #5s to be perfect for the Bay Window and Cupola varieties while the Extended Vision type needs #27s (or #47s, same couplers but metal rather than plastic knuckles). I have found that on many Athearn cars you do need Kadee's shim washers to get the height spot on, but the cabooses don't come under this heading in my experience. Hope this helps!
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